Nag Hammadi
Nag Hammadi
نجع حمادي | |
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Aluminium Stadium in Nag Hammadi | |
Nag Hammadi Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°03′N 32°15′E / 26.050°N 32.250°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Qena |
| Area | |
• Total | 103.9 sq mi (269.2 km2) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 660,690 |
| • Urban | 61,737 |
| • Rural | 598,953 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Nag Hammadi (/ˌnɑːɡ həˈmɑːdi/ NAHG hə-MAH-dee; Arabic: نجع حمادى Nagʿ Ḥammādī) is a city and markaz in Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-west of Luxor. The city had a population of close to 61,737 as of 2023. It was made famous in 1945 for the "Nag Hammadi library," an important collection of ancient texts found nearby.