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	Sohag
		City in central Egypt with 210,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate), on the western bank of the Nile, across from the city of Akhmim.
		It is the capital of Sohag governorate with 3.8 million inhabitants (2005 estimate) and a territory of 1,547 km².
		Sohag Institute is associated with al-Azhar University in Cairo.
	i-cias.com /e.o/sohag.htm (83 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Nag Hammadi
		The town of Nag Hammadi was established by Mahmoud Basha Hammadi, who was a member of a large Egyptian family Hammadi in Sohag.
		Sohag is an Egyptian governorate that is located in the Upper_Egypt.
		The town of Nag Hammadi was established by Mahmoud Basha Hammadi, who was the a member of the big and Egyptian family Hammadi in Sohag.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nag_Hammadi (808 words)

	Egypt State Information Service-Spring 1999
		It is bounded by Asiut Governorate to the north, Qena to the south, by the Red Sea to the east and the New Valley to the west.
		Sohag is centrally located between Cairo and Aswan; 467 km from the former, and 418 km from the latter.
		Sohag is linked to all parts of the country with an efficient road and railway transportation network, in addition to Luxor airport, which is only 226 km far from Sohag.
	www.sis.gov.eg /En/Pub/magazin/spring1999/110210000000000007.htm (581 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Egypt \| Sohag's heritage in focus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"It was an opportunity to inform the residents of Sohag of the rich Christian heritage of the area," said Gabra.
		Sohag has two monasteries, popularly known as the White and the Red, in reference to their construction in limestone and red brick respectively, and both are associated with St Shenoute, a local saint born in a village near Akhmim in the 4th century.
		There are, too, texts about Egypt's most popular saints, including Antony, one of the best known Egyptian hermits; his disciple and biographer Athanasius; Pachomius, who founded the form of monasticism that took his name; Samuel of Qalamun, who resisted the Melkites; and, of course, the prolific writings of St Shenoute and his successors.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2006/780/eg3.htm (458 words)

	CNN.com - Egyptian parliamentary elections begin - October 18, 2000
		Sohag, the main city in the district of the same name, is located about 390 kilometers (240 miles) south of Cairo.
		Sohag voter Ahmed Abdel-Hamid said he was voting for the candidate who would "solve the country's problems of unemployment, overpopulation and shortage of medical care." Abdel-Hamid refused to name his candidate.
		Sohag has seen election-related violence in the past but was calm Wednesday morning.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/meast/10/18/egypt.elections.ap (776 words)

	EGYPT: Socio-Economic and Production Systems (Sohag Governorate) (FAO/IC, 1995)
		Sohag Governorate is composed of 11 districts stretched from North to South along the Nile.
		According to the 1994 Egypt Human Development Report, the contraceptive prevalence rate in Sohag Governorate in 1988 was the fourth lowest in the country, with 16.2% of couples of reproductive age using contraceptives, compared to Cairo where 59% used contraception.
		The pattern of settlement in Sohag as elsewhere in the Nile valley is in hamlets and villages whose housing is concentrated in clusters, near a canal or the Nile.
	www.fao.org /gender/static/tci/egypt.htm (8344 words)

	Egypt State Information Service - Governorates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Governorate of Sohag is one of the Upper Egypt governorates, being one of the largest governorates there.
		Sohag is divided into 11 centers, 11 cities, 3 quarters, 51 local units and 268 villages.
		Sohag also contributes to the industrial activity via a number of food industries, textile and weaving industry, furniture and carpets.
	www.sis.gov.eg /En/Politics/Executive/Ladministration/Governorates/040807010000000026.htm (202 words)

	Sohag - Travel Guide
		Asyut, the City of Sohag is the capital of the Sohag governorate.
		Sohag Tandoori, Dublin - DublinTourist.com andgt; Sohag Tandoori.
		Set on a rich agricultural plain bounded by the hills of the Eastern and Western deserts, SOHAG (pronounced "Sohaj") is an industrious town of 75,000 with a large Christian community and a small university.
	travel-guide.traveliseek.com /sohag_avl_li25398.html (717 words)

	World Volunteer Web: Sailing the Nile for development stops in Sohag for Universal Primary Education
		Sohag: At the Rowing Club on the banks of the Nile in Sohag Governorate – about 500 kilometres south of Cairo- celebrations took place on Monday as the eight feluccas of the “Sailing the Nile for Development” project approached the bank.
		In Sohag, the fourth stop for the feluccas, MDG2 on achieving universal primary education was the focus.
		Mostafa Barakat, Director of Youth Association for Population and Development in Sohag, also mentioned the great importance of engaging the youth in the development process saying that it is one of the main reasons why the NGO was created.
	www.worldvolunteerweb.org /mdgs/mdg-stories/doc/sailing-the-nile-for.html (673 words)

	Ampliación del núcleo urbano de Sohag (Egipto)
		Esta práctica comenzó cuando la provincia de Sohag empezó las obras de una carretera en el desierto sobre las colinas del este, que lleva hacia la ciudad de Hurghada, con inversiones del sector privado y con las ayudas que ofrecían el gobierno provincial y los centros locales.
		Sohag es una de las provincias del Valle Sur egipcio.
		La provincia de Sohag posee un potencial turístico que supera al de otras provincias del sur, ya que contiene una serie completa de civilizaciones: la de los faraones, la griega, la romana, la bizantina y la islámica.
	habitat.aq.upm.es /dubai/96/bp104.html (4038 words)

	Alexandria to Sohag
		Egypt - travelling south to Cairo and on to Sohag on the banks of the Nile on 1st April 2004
		The rally progresses south in the Nile Delta and along the Nile Valley via Cairo, then Beni Suef, El Minya and Asyut on to Sohag.
		Sohag (or Sawhaj) is located on the river Nile about half-way between Cairo and Aswan.
	www.2cvtv.com /RallyeSud/RallySudNews61Sohag.htm (99 words)

	Crime News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The dead was identified as Ariful Islam Sohag, son of Abdul Aziz Hawlader, a resident of Dhalkanagar, Gandaria under Sutrapur police station.
		Sources said that killing of Sohag was the result of an internal clash in the unit over the forming of the committee as well as the establishment of supremacy in the college.
		It was learnt that Sohag got admitted to the College in the session 1997-98 as a student of HSC and that he was yet to pass HSC.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/sep/18/18092005cr.htm (2636 words)

	Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Prime Minister invited M Sohag Hossain through the deputy commissioner of Panchagarh when a newspaper report revealing the computer skill of this poor boy working at a computer shop drew her attention.
		Son of a footpath hawker Khairul Alam, Sohag was forced to leave school after fourth class about two years ago and began the life of a child labour at Akhi International at Panchagarh at a monthly salary of Taka 200 (One US Dollar = Taka 58)and anadditional daily allowance of Taka 10.
		In reply to a question, Sohag told the Prime Minister today that he was eager for higher education.
	www.bssnews.net /index.php?genID=BSS-08-2003-07-13&id=7 (296 words)

	International Religious Freedom Report 2002: Egypt
		In November 2001, a criminal court in Sohag began the retrial of 96 defendants suspected of crimes committed while participating in violence in the village of Al-Kush in January 2000 that resulted in the deaths of 20 Christians and 1 Muslim; the trial was ongoing as of the end of June 2002.
		On June 5, 2000, a criminal court in Sohag city convicted Shayboub William Arsal of the 1998 murder of Hakim and Arsal.
		On February 5, 2001, the Sohag Criminal Court acquitted 92 of the 96 defendants (58 Muslims and 38 Christians) accused of the crimes committed in Al-Kush.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2002/13994.htm (6108 words)

	Amazon.com: sohag: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sohag in Upper Egypt: A glorious history (Prism archaeological series) by Naguib Kanawati (Unknown Binding - 1990)
		Abydos, close to modern Sohag, was the predominant religious cen- tre in the region.
		Ismail was born in 1962 in Sohag, a mid-size city on the Nile just south of Asyut.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=sohag&tag=540-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1 (1073 words)

	State Information Service- Speeshes - Mubarak inaugurates Mubarak’s Medical City and Sohag Flyover
		Under this new system, developed insurance coverage would be secured for all citizens at any time regardless of their financial potentials.
		Minister of Transport Essam Sharaf said as many as 12 bridges have been built at a total cost of LE 740 million and around 11 others will be constructed by the year 2017 at a cost of LE 1.8 billion.
		The President said that the fifth component is the upgrading of existing state-run general hospitals, and the sixth component will ensure that every citizen has access to integrated health care services regardless of the citizens' financial status.
	www.sis.gov.eg /En/Politics/Presidency/President/Speeshes/000001/0401050200000000000239.htm (772 words)

	Sohag receives Ministerial delegation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Both Ministers visited different departments and productive storehouses in Sohag plant for spinning and weaving which is affiliated to Upper Egypt Company for Spinning and Weaving.
		The head of Sohag labor union and the head of the syndicate committee in the plant reviewed the most important problems facing the company and the governorate specifically the increased debts of the company.
		In his speech with the investors, H.E. Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin announced that government is working on translating the President’s assignments of encouraging and attracting investment under the supervision of the Prime Minister and in cooperation with the members of the economic group.
	www.investment.gov.eg /MOI_Portal/Announcements/Announcement+77.htm (698 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Sohag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		132,649), capital of Sohag governorate, central Egypt, on the Nile River.
		It is located in a densely populated agricultural region.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Sohag" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Sohag.asp (259 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Features \| South of Sohag
		This reporter was on the same train, heading for Dar Al-Salam, or Awlad Towq as the residents refer to it, a 66-km drive from Sohag on the Sohag-Qena Eastern Desert Road.
		Abdel-Qader, a native of the city of Sohag, was once faced with the blind fury of Dar Al-Salam residents when he drove one of his passengers to his destination and decided to try his luck waiting for his next passenger at the taxi station instead of returning to Sohag City with an empty cab.
		Commenting on the sewage problem, the governor of Sohag said, "The sanitation wells in Upper Egypt are not as problematic as they are in Lower Egypt because here villages were built on high mastabas [or platforms] to avoid the flood.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/633/fe2.htm (1646 words)

	Third Suspect H5N1 Cluster in Sohag Egypt Raises Concerns
		A woman and her two children are suspected of contracting the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Upper Egypt, a veterinary official reportedly said.
		The 25-year-old mother, her 12-year-old son and daughter, 10, from a village in Sohag governorate, were hospitalized after showing the first symptoms of the sickness, the province's veterinary services chief Mohammed al-Masri told the official MENA news agency.
		The above suspect H5N1 cluster is the third in Sohag, and raises pandemic concerns.
	www.recombinomics.com /News/12010601/H5N1_Sohag_Cluster_3.html (570 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Home News \| Sohag tour
		The president also ordered that the ownership of land on which industrial projects are constructed be passed on gratis to the entrepreneurs.
		He said that he was impressed by Sohag's education, infrastructure and industrial facilities.
		In the course of the public rally, Sheikh Abdel-Rehim El-Semeen, from Al-Azhar Mosque, and Bishop Bakhoum of Sohag presented the president with a document, declaring the support of the people of Sohag for his nomination for a fourth term.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1999/432/eg1.htm (279 words)

	Sohag - Folk Music India
		Sohag symbolizes the married status of a woman.
		In the Sohag ceremony a bride asks for her Sohag.
		It is a form of seeking the blessings of elders for a happy married life.
	www.beatofindia.com /forms/sohag.htm (54 words)

	Ismaily Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The performance of both teams was apparently hindered by the poor quality of Sohag's pitch.
		Most of Sohag's attacks were by Ahmed Yehia and "Sheko." Mohsen Saleh made a great move by substituting Homos for Hamam Ibrahim.
		A great shot skimmed a Sohag defender's head, changing direction and soaring smoothly into the back of the net.
	www.ismailyonline.com /sohag1.html (352 words)

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		The new case was reported in the village of Al-Rakakna, in the Sohag province, some 490 km (305 miles) south of Cairo, a statement from the agriculture ministry said on Sunday [3 Sep 2006].
		All poultry on the farm was slaughtered and tests were under way to check that none of the people who had been in contact with the infected animals were contaminated.
		Out of the 14 human cases of avian influenza that have been reported among Egyptians since mid-March 2006, 6 turned out to be fatal, and 8 people recovered after being treated with the drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir).
	www.promedmail.org /pls/promed/f?p=2400:1001:5314001073690206148::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:10001,34276 (303 words)

	Akhmim, Egypt
		The modest district capital of Akhmim lies 3mi/5km east of Sohag on the right bank of the Nile, just N of a wide loop in the river.
		There are only scanty remains of the once flourishing ancient city, among them a few sandstone blocks belonging to a temple in the northeast of the town and a number of columns, some of which still stand erect.
		By car or taxi from Sohag, crossing to the right bank of the Nile on the 725 yd/665 m long bridge (middle section swing bridge).
	www.planetware.com /egypt/akhmim-egy-soh-akh.htm (343 words)

	Egypt - Sohag Rural Development Project: المركز ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The project targets all the rural inhabitants of Sohag living in 51 local administrative units comprising 1,500 villages and hamlets, and almost 76% of the inhabitants (2.3 million people living in 350,000 households) are expected to benefit directly or indirectly.
		The project benefits also rural women by promoting their representation in the National Programme for the Rehabilitation and Development of Egyptian Villages and through micro-grants and credit to support group initiatives.
		Total project costs: Estimated at USD 93.8 million, of which USD 25.0 million will be provided by IDA, USD 3.0 million by a bilateral donor (still to be determined), USD 23.6 million by the Government, USD 0.1 million by a national financial institution and USD 17.1 million by the beneficiaries.
	www.idrc.ca /ar/ev-97505-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html (330 words)

	Sohag - Ask.com Web Search
		Sohag, city of in Egypt Antiquities Information from Tour Egypt, official site of the Ministry of Tourism for the country of Egypt, has...
		H.G. Bishop Wissa, bishop of El-Baliana, Sohag, is a sixty-year-old Coptic Bishop who wears the...
		The project would also support the reform of financial institutions operating in rural areas such as the Sohag BDAC and the LDF...
	web.ask.com /web?q=Sohag&o=8001 (246 words)

	School Feeding - World Food Programme
		WFP has launched a new phase of its ongoing school feeding programme in Egypt targeted at 3,000 girls living in the Fayoum and Sohag governorates.
		While primary education is compulsory in Egypt, the cost of books and clothing has made it too expensive for impoverished rural households in poorer governorates like Fayoum and Sohag to send their children to school.
		In an effort to address the problem, Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak launched the Girl's Education Initiative in June 2003 with the overall aim of improving female education and closing the gender gap in primary education in Egypt by the end of 2005.
	www.wfp.org /food_aid/school_feeding/LearnMore_LATEST2.asp?section=12&sub_section=3 (397 words)

	Sheikh Mohamed Mansour's Testimony
		He was born in Sohag the Capital of the Province of Girga in Upper Egypt in the Year 1871.
		The Anglican Church was afraid of the reaction of the Islamic community in Sohag and procrastinated.
		No more than one week after he left Sohag that the news was all over the place, not only in Sohag but in all the neighboring cities.
	www.answering-islam.org /Testimonies/Mansour (3195 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 852 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The case was not recorded in the daily cause-list on Sunday as the scheduled date of the hearing petition was yesterday, which was brought forward on the plea of the defence lawyers.
		The accused are Mirza Abbas, Mirza Khokan, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Jubo Dal leaders Majnu, Habibur Rashid alias Habib, Sohag and Nayan.
		In his complaint, Mustafiz mentioned that Sohag had protested tearing of the poster of the senior AL leader Saber Hossain Chowdhury by BNP activists.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/10/17/d6101701129.htm (557 words)

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