Qena
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  Qena Location within Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°10′12″N 32°43′38″E / 26.17000°N 32.72722°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Qena |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.60 km2 (12.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 252,883 |
| • Density | 8,000/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Area code | (+20) 96 |
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| šꜣbt[2] in hieroglyphs | ||||||
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Qena (Arabic: قنا Qinā [ˈʔenæ], locally: [ˈɡena]; Coptic: ⲕⲱⲛⲏ Konē) is a city in Upper Egypt, and the capital of the Qena Governorate. Situated on the east bank of the Nile, it was known in antiquity as Kaine (Greek Καινή, meaning "new (city)"; Latinized transliteration: Caene) and Maximianopolis.[3][4] Gauthier identifies Qena with ancient Shabt.[5] Qena meaning in Arabic "very red" of fertile land. [6]
- ^ a b c "Qinā (Kism (fully urban), Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ Gauthier, Henri (1926). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 3. p. 147.
- ^ Trismegistos, "Kaine (Qena)"
- ^ Alan B. Lloyd (editor), A Companion to Ancient Egypt (John Wiley & Sons 2010), p. 459 ISBN 978-1-44432006-0
- ^ Gauthier (1926) p. 147
- ^ "معنى قنا meaning of Qena". Arabic Dictionaries (in Arabic).
qena is extreme red color قنا لون أحمر شديد