Qena Governorate

Geobox|Governorate
country = Egypt
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name = Qena
native_name = قنا


map_caption = Map of Egypt with Qena highlighted
capital = Qena
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Qena Governorate ( _ar. قنا) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the south of the country, and covers a stretch of the Nile valley. Its capital is the city of Qena.

The governorate of Qina comprises the following cities:
*Abu Tesht
*Armant (Iuny or Hermonthis)
*Deshna
*El Wakf
*Esna (Senet or Tasenet or Iunyt or Latopolis)
*Farshout
*Nag Hammâdi
*Naqada (Nubt or Ombos)
*Qift (Gebtu or Koptos)
*Qena (Kaine)
*Qus (Gesa or Gesy or Apollinopolis Parva)

The governorate of Qena also comprises the self-governing city of Luxor (Thebes).

Other important sites in the Qena governorate include
*Contra Latopolis (el-Hella)
*Djerty (Tuphium or Tod)
*Hefat (el-Moalla)
*Hut-Sekhem (Diospolis Parva or Hiw)
*Khenoboskion (el-Qasr or el-Saiyad)
*Madu (Nag el-Madamud)
*Per-Hathor (Aphroditopolis or Pathyris or Gebelein)
*el-Qala
*Shanhur
*Tantere (Iunet or Tentyris or Dendara)
*Tukh

External links

* [http://www.kena.gov.eg/ Qena Governorate] Official website