Abu Tesht or Abu Tisht (Arabic: أبو تشت; Coptic: Ⲡϫⲟϫ) is a city and markaz in Qena Governorate, Egypt. It is situated on the west bank of the Nile. [1]
26°07′06″N 32°05′43″E / 26.11833°N 32.09528°E
Abu Tesht
Ⲡϫⲟϫ أبو تشت | |
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City and markaz | |
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  Abu Tesht | |
| Coordinates: 26°07′06″N 32°05′43″E / 26.11833°N 32.09528°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate |  Qena |
| Area | |
| • Total | 256 km2 (99 sq mi) |
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| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 514,535 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 18,194 |
| • Rural | 496,341 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
The markaz consists of 1 city which is Abu Tesht and 36 villages, biggest of them are Ezbat Al Bosah and Al Qarah. [3]
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| pr ḏꜣḏꜣ[4] in hieroglyphs | |||||||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | |||||||
- ^ "Abu Tesht · Qena Governorate, Egypt". Abu Tesht · Qena Governorate, Egypt. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ a b "Abu Tesht (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "أبو تشت". المعرفة (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ Gauthier, Henri (1925). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 2. p. 140.