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About Nag Hammâdi
Nag Hammadi ( NAHG hə-MAH-dee; Arabic: نجع حمادى Nagʿ Ḥammādī) is a city and markaz in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-west of Luxor. The city had a population of close to 61,737 as of 2023. It was made famous in 1945 for the "Nag Hammadi library," an important collection of ancient texts found nearby.
From the Wikipedia article Nag Hammadi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where to stay1
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History
The town of Nag Hammadi was found on the site of older villages Ansan (Arabic: انسان) and al-Luaqi (Arabic: اللواقي) in the 19th century and was named after its founder, Mahmoud Pasha Hammadi, a member of the Hammadi family in Sohag, Egypt. Mahmoud Pasha Hammadi was a major landholder in Sohag, and known for his strong opposition to the British rule in Egypt beginning in 1882.
In the city of Nag Hammadi, there is the palace of Prince Youssef Kamal, a member of the royal family (the family of Muhammad Ali Pasha), which overlooks the Nile River and is now an archaeological site.
Nag Hammadi is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of ancient site of Chenoboskion (Ancient Greek: Χηνοβόσκιον). The "Nag Hammadi library", an important collection of 2nd-century Gnostic texts, was found at Jabal al-Ṭārif near Nag Hammadi in 1945.
The city was the site of the Nag Hammadi Massacre in January 2010, in which eight Coptic Christians were shot dead by three men. In total, nineteen Coptic Christians were attacked.
From the History section of Nag Hammadi on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Suhag International Airport (HMB) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 60 km away.
- Farshūţ 8 km west, about 8 min by car
- Abū Ţisht 17 km northwest, about 17 min by car
- Al Waqf 19 km east, about 19 min by car
- Dishnā 24 km east, about 24 min by car
- Al Balyanā 32 km northwest, about 32 min by car
- Dār as Salām 31 km northwest, about 31 min by car
- Girga 47 km northwest, about 47 min by car
- Qina 50 km east, about 50 min by car
- Luxor 56 km southeast, about 56 min by car
- Sohag 78 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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Photo credits
- Aluminium Stadium, Mohamedelbadawy88, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Muhammed el Alaili Hassan framför en av sina hadj-målningar i Nag Hammadi 1954 SLSA 1150 5899, Göran Schildt, CC BY 4.0
- محطة سكة حديد نجع حمادي - panoramio, Mohamed Sameer, CC BY 3.0
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