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{{Redirect|Khemmis|the band|Khemmis (band)}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| name = Akhmim | other_name = {{lang|ar|أخميم}}<br><ref name = Budge956>{{cite book |last1=Wallis Budge |first1=E. A. |title=An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II |date=1920 |publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/egyptianhierogly02budguoft/page/956 956] |url=https://archive.org/details/egyptianhierogly02budguoft}}</ref> | native_name = {{lang|cop|{{Script/Coptic|ϣⲙⲓⲛ}}}} | settlement_type = [[List of cities and towns in Egypt|City]] | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = New Akhmim City 3.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Residential area in the city | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Egypt | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_relief = yes | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Egypt <!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Egypt}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Egypt|Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Sohag Governorate|Sohag]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = |<!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = <ref name="citypopulation">{{cite web |title=Akhmīm (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/egypt/admin/sawh%C4%81j/2615__akhm%C4%ABm/ |website=citypopulation.de |access-date=16 March 2023}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 113.8 | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population ----------------------->| population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name="citypopulation" /> | population_note = | population_total = 482,666 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|26|34|N|31|45|E|region:EG|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Akhmim''' ({{langx|ar|أخميم}}, {{IPA|ar|ʔæxˈmiːm|pron}}; Akhmimic {{Langx|cop|ⳉⲙⲓⲙ}}, {{IPA|cop|xmiːm|pronounced}}; Sahidic/Bohairic {{langx|cop|{{Script/Coptic|ϣⲙⲓⲛ}}}} {{IPA|cop|ʃmiːn|pronounced}}) is a city in the [[Sohag Governorate]] of [[Upper Egypt]]. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as '''Khemmis''' or '''Chemmis''' ({{langx|grc|Χέμμις}})<ref name = Gauthier177/> and '''Panopolis''' ({{langx|grc|Πανὸς πόλις<ref>{{cite web |title=Panopolis (Akhmim) |url=https://www.trismegistos.org/place/1589 |website=Trismegistos |access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref> and Πανόπολις<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DC%3Aentry+group%3D13%3Aentry%3Dchemmis-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Chemmis]</ref>}}), it is located on the east bank of the [[Nile]], {{convert|4|mi|0|order=flip}} to the northeast of [[Sohag]].
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