حياة المواطن في الريف المصرى البسيط · مصطفى أبو معاذ, CC BY-SA 4.0

مواطن مصري يجلس تحت شمس الشتاء يلتمس الدفئ ٠٧٥٤٠٥ · مصطفى أبو معاذ, CC BY-SA 4.0

Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio · Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0

Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (2) · Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0

Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (6) · Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0

Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (4) · Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0

Qifţ, Egypt

قفط

Qifţ is a town of 24,010 people in Qena, Egypt.

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Population24,010 GeoNames

Local nameقفط

RegionQena

Elevation77 m 253 ft

Time zoneAfrica/Cairo

Nearest airportLuxor International Airport (LXR) 38 km

Why visit Qifţ

Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks in and around town.

Highlights include Qift.

About Qifţ

Qift (Egyptian Arabic: قفط [ʔeftˤ]; Coptic: Ⲕⲉϥⲧ Keft or Kebto; Egyptian Gebtu; Ancient Greek: Κόπτος Coptos / Koptos; Roman Justinianopolis) is a city in the Qena Governorate of Egypt about 43 km (27 mi) north of Luxor, situated a little south of latitude 26° north, on the east bank of the Nile. In ancient times its proximity to the Red Sea made it an important trading emporium between India, Punt, Arabia Felix and the North. It was important for nearby gold and quartzite mines in the Eastern Desert, and as a starting point for expeditions to Punt (in modern Somalia) by way of the path through the Wadi Hammamat to the Red Sea port at Tjau (modern El Qoseir).

From the Wikipedia article Qift (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museums and landmarks2

Qift

Monument and historic site

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Temple of Min and Isis

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Map of Qifţ

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Getting there and nearby towns

Luxor International Airport (LXR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 38 km away.

Qūş 11 km southwest, about 11 min by car
Naqādah 14 km southwest, about 14 min by car
Jarājūs 15 km southwest, about 15 min by car
Qina 21 km northwest, about 21 min by car
Az Zaynīyah Qiblī 31 km southwest, about 31 min by car
Aţ Ţārif 34 km southwest, about 34 min by car
Luxor 38 km southwest, about 38 min by car
Dishnā 38 km west, about 38 min by car
Al Waqf 41 km west, about 41 min by car
Al Bayāḑīyah 41 km southwest, about 41 min by car

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Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text

Photo credits

حياة المواطن في الريف المصرى البسيط, مصطفى أبو معاذ, CC BY-SA 4.0
مواطن مصري يجلس تحت شمس الشتاء يلتمس الدفئ ٠٧٥٤٠٥, مصطفى أبو معاذ, CC BY-SA 4.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio, Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (2), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (6), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (4), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (1), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Al Owaydat, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (1), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Qeft-Qena-UpperEgypt on my way non-stop, Moeashraf, CC BY-SA 4.0
Égypte, Route entre Louxor et Denderah (Gouvernorat de Qina), Vie villageoise (49942707361), Marie Thérèse Hébert & Jean Robert Thibault from Québec, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Al Owaydat, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio, Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Qeft-Qena-Upper Egypt Guiding Line Knows the way, Moeashraf, CC BY-SA 4.0
Qeft-Qena-Upper Egypt They keep us alive, Moeashraf, CC BY-SA 4.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (5), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Qeft-Qena-Upper Egypt Train station in Plantation, Moeashraf, CC BY-SA 4.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (3), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
ISS015-E-28464 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
ISS053-E-353051 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
ISS065-E-53796 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
ISS065-E-53795 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
ISS053-E-362040 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
ISS053-E-362041 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
Égypte, Route entre Louxor et Denderah (Gouvernorat de Qina), Vie villageoise (49943004597), Marie Thérèse Hébert & Jean Robert Thibault from Québec, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (7), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (8), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Égypte, Route entre Louxor et Denderah (Gouvernorat de Qina), Vie villageoise (49943005377), Marie Thérèse Hébert & Jean Robert Thibault from Québec, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (10), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (11), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (12), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Madinet Qaft, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (9), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Al Barahmah, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (15), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Al Barahmah, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (14), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Al Barahmah, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (12), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Al Barahmah, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (13), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0
Al Barahmah, Qift, Qena Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (11), Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0

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