Located in Upper Egypt, it is the capital of the modern Asyut Governorate in Egypt. It was built close to the ancient city of the same name, which is situated nearby. The modern city is located at 27°11′00″N 31°10′00″E, while the ancient city is located at 27°10′00″N 31°08′00″E. Asyut is home to one of the largest Coptic Christian communities in the country.
Get in
Getting to Assiut
- 01Assiut Airport
This airport has some international connections from Arab countries.
- 02Assiut
See
Worth seeing
- 01Alexan Pasha Palace
Do
Things to do
Assiut celebrates its national day on the 18th of April every year, when the local residents of Bani Addiat, Manfalout city, struggled against the French Invasion.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: محمد عبد الغني at Arabic Wikipedia (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons.