El Manshiya

El Manshiya is a town in Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt. It is a city of a great history dateing back to the Ptolemaic Rule in Egypt when it was known as 'Ptolemais Hermiou'. Ptolemy I Soter established this city to be a Greek colony and the capital of Upper Egypt. Nowadays, it is one of the cities of Sohag that depend on agriculture as a main source of income.