Place:Naqada, Qina, Egypt

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NameNaqada
Alt namesNaquadasource: Wikipedia
Naqâdasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Naqādahsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeCity
Coordinates25.9°N 32.717°E
Located inQina, Egypt
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Naqada (, [1]) is a town on the west bank of the Nile in Qena Governorate, Egypt, situated ca. 20 km north of Luxor. It includes the villages of Tukh, Khatara, Danfiq, and Zawayda. According to 1960 census, it is one of the most uninhabited areas and had only 3,000 inhabitants, mostly of Christian faith who preserved elements of the Coptic language up until the 1930s.

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