Upper Egypt

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Upper Egypt is the historically rich, predominantly rural southern region of Egypt stretching along the Nile Valley from south of Cairo toward Aswan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
region of Egypt
capital traditionally Thebes in pharaonic times
contains Aswan High Dam vicinity
Karnak Temple Complex
Luxor Temple
Philae Temple
linked to: Temple of Philae

Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Queens
country Egypt
dialect Sa'idi Arabic
directionRelativeToLowerEgypt upstream along the Nile
extendsFrom south of Cairo
extendsTo Aswan
follows course of the Nile River
geographicalOrientation southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
hasPart Assiut Governorate
linked to: Asyut Governorate

Aswan Governorate
Beni Suef Governorate
Faiyum Governorate
Luxor Governorate
Minya Governorate
linked to: Minya

Qena Governorate
Sohag Governorate
linked to: Sohag
historicalCapital Luxor area
linked to: Luxor

Thebes
Waset
historicalSignificance center of early dynastic unification of Egypt
cradle of ancient Egyptian civilization
knownAs Ta Shemau
Upper Nile Valley
linked to: Upper Egypt
language Egyptian Arabic
locatedIn Egypt
Nile Valley
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Arab Republic of Egypt
linked to: Egypt
mainCrops cotton
sugarcane
wheat
mainEconomicActivities agriculture
tourism
majorRiver Nile
minorityReligion Coptic Christianity
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
oppositeOf Lower Egypt
partOf Egypt
Nile Valley
predominantSettlementType rural
religion predominantly Sunni Islam
symbolInAncientEgypt White Crown of Upper Egypt
vulture goddess Nekhbet

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Giza railway station connectsTo Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt borders Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt wasUnifiedWith Upper Egypt
Red Pyramid locatedInRegion Nile Valley
linked to: Upper Egypt
Qena locatedIn Upper Egypt
Qena locatedInCountrySubdivision Southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
Beni Suef Governorate locatedIn Upper Egypt
Aswan locatedInRegion Upper Egypt
Luxor locatedIn Upper Egypt
Luxor locatedIn southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt knownAs Upper Nile Valley
linked to: Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt geographicalOrientation southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
Minya locatedIn Upper Egypt
Minya hasHistoricalRegion Upper Egypt
Assiut locatedIn Upper Egypt
Assiut countrySubdivision Upper Egypt
Sohag locatedIn Upper Egypt
Sohag isRegionalCenterFor Upper Egypt
Sohag partOf Nile Valley
linked to: Upper Egypt
Abu Simbel temples locatedIn southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
Temple of Beit el-Wali region Upper Egypt
Red Crown WhiteCrownRepresents Upper Egypt
Narmer regionOfRule Upper Egypt
Temple of Taffa locatedIn southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
Murad Bey residence Upper Egypt
Murad Bey areaOfOperations Upper Egypt
Temple of Ellesyia regionNowPartOf southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
Egyptians ethnicSubgroup Sa'idis (Upper Egyptians)
linked to: Upper Egypt
Ta-Mehu contrastedWith Upper Egypt
Maliki school mainRegion Upper Egypt
Early Dynastic Egypt locatedIn Upper Egypt
Thebes (Egypt) locatedIn Upper Egypt
subject linked to: Thebes
Thebes (Egypt) partOf Theban region
subject linked to: Thebes
linked to: Upper Egypt
Menkaure ruledFromRegion Upper Egypt
Predynastic Egypt locatedIn Upper Egypt
Shenoute of Atripe birthPlace Upper Egypt
Mamluk Sultanate region Upper Egypt
Djoser regionRuled Upper Egypt
Userkaf ruledRegion Upper Egypt
Lake Nasser locatedIn southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum Holding Company jurisdiction South Valley region of Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
Aswan High Dam locatedInRegion Upper Egypt
Set worshipCenter Upper Egypt
Aswan Governorate locatedIn Upper Egypt
Aswan Governorate locatedIn Southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
First Cataract of the Nile locatedIn southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt