Sohag Governorate (Arabic: محافظة سوهاج) is one of Egypt’s governorates. It is located in the country’s south (Upper Egypt) and extends along the Nile Valley.
The city of Sohag has served as the capital since 1960. Previously, the capital city was Girga, and the governorate was known as Girga Governorate.
The governorate is divided into municipal divisions with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 5,669,652.
In the case of Sohag governorate, there are two new cities, five agsam and twelve marakiz. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name.
| Anglicized name | Native name | Arabic transliteration | Population (July 2017 Est.) |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhmim | مركز أخميم | Akhmīm | 498,670 | Markaz |
| El Balyana | مركز البلينا | Al-Balyanā | 595,606 | Markaz |
| El Kawthar | قسم الكوثر | Al-Kawthar | 5,543 | Kism (fully urban) |
| El Maragha | مركز المراغة | Al-Marāghah | 447,222 | Markaz |
| El Munsha | مركز المنشأة | Al-Munsha’āh | 458,552 | Markaz |
| Aserat | مركز العسيرات | Al-‘Usayrāt | 195,927 | Markaz |
| Dar El Salam | مركز دار السلام | Dar as-Salām | 466,727 | Markaz |
| Girga | قسم جرجا | Jirjā | 146,756 | Kism (urban and rural parts) |
| Girga | مركز جرجا | Jirjā | 376,144 | Markaz |
| Juhaynah West | مركز جهينة الغربية | Juhaynah al-Gharbiyah | 309,544 | Markaz |
| New Akhmim | مدينة أخميم الجديدة | Madīnat Akhmīm al-Jadīdah | 0 | New City |
| New Sohag | مدينة سوهاج الجديدة | Madīnat Sawhāj al-Jadīdah | 200 | New City |
| Saqultah | مركز ساقلته | Sāqultah | 235,361 | Markaz |
| Sohag | مركز سوهاج | Sawhāj | 608,574 | Markaz |
| Sohag 1 | قسم اول سوهاج | Sawhāj 1 | 150,616 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Sohag 2 | قسم ثان سوهاج | Sawhāj 2 | 124,746 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Tahta | قسم طهطا | Ṭahṭā | 187,903 | Kism (urban and rural parts) |
| Tahta | مركز طهطا | Ṭahṭā | 327,950 | Markaz |
| Tima | مركز طما | Ṭimā | 486,899 | Markaz |