Ptolemais Hermiou
Ptolemais Hermiou
ⲡⲥⲟⲓ | |
|---|---|
| Al-Munsha'āh | |
Ptolemais Hermiou Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°29′N 31°48′E / 26.483°N 31.800°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Sohag |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.7 km2 (6.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 68 m (223 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 95,064 |
| • Density | 5,370/km2 (13,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ptolemais Hermiou, or Ptolemais in the Thebaid, was a city and metropolitan archbishopric in Greco-Roman Egypt and remains a Catholic titular see.
Today, the city of El Mansha (Arabic: المنشأة)-Bsoi (Coptic: ⲡⲥⲟⲓ) in the Sohag Governorate is located where the ancient city used to be.