Qus

Qus
قوص
Qus قوص is located in Egypt
Qus قوص
Qus
قوص
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 25°56′N 32°46′E / 25.933°N 32.767°E / 25.933; 32.767
Country Egypt
GovernorateQena Governorate
Area
 • Total
83.1 sq mi (215.1 km2)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
512,827
 • Density6,200/sq mi (2,400/km2)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Qus (Arabic: قوص, older name Arabic: قوص واروير, romanizedqus warwir, from Coptic: ⲕⲱⲥ ⲃⲉⲣⲃⲓⲣ)[2][3][4] is a city in the modern Qena Governorate, Egypt, located on the east bank of the Nile.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference citypopulation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Černý, Jaroslav (1976). Coptic Etymological Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 345.[ISBN missing]
  3. ^ "أسماء بعض البلاد المصرية بالقبطية - كتاب لغتنا القبطية المصرية" [Names of some Egyptian countries in Coptic - Our Egyptian Coptic Language Book]. st-takla.org (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  4. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1928). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 5 [Dictionary of Geographical Names Contained in Hieroglyphic Texts Vol. 5] (in French). Vol. 5. p. 178.

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