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== Modern city ==
Akhmim is the largest town on the east side of the [[Nile]] in [[Sohag Governorate]]. In 1907, the population of the city was 23,795, of whom about one third were [[Copt]]s. Akhmim has several [[mosque]]s and two [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic]] churches. The [[Monastery of the Martyrs]] is located about 6&nbsp;km northeast of the city. Akhmim maintains a weekly market, and manufactures [[cotton]] goods, notably the blue shirts and check shawls with [[silk]] fringes worn by the poorer classes of [[Egypt]]. Outside the walls are the scanty ruins of two ancient temples. On the west bank of the [[Nile]] opposite of Akhmim, there is railway communication with [[Cairo]] and [[Aswan]].