Qena is a governorate in Upper
Egypt
bordered with
Aswan
Governorate from the south ,
Red Sea
from the east , the
New Valley
from the west and
Sohag Governorate
from the north . The capital of the governorate is Qena City that locates about 600km away from Cairo . Qena Governorate covers about 10798km and encloses a large number of administrative centers , cities and villages . On the lands of the governorate there is a wide range of archeological sites enclosing more than 7000 antiques in cities like Naqada , Esna , El kab , and
Armant
in addition to
Luxor
that is regarded as a separate governorate currently . To facilitate the process of reaching the governorate for both locals and foreigners , Qena is linked with the other neighboring governorates with railroads and airport roads as well . It is served also by Luxor International Airport that lies few meters away from Qena City .
The major economic resources for the governorate are tourism and other industries such as pottery pots , perfume , soap and oil industries . Some small villages in Qena such as Hegaza village achieved a resonating
fame in manufacturing wooden items with magnificent paintings and decorations that is highly admired by Egyptians and foreigners alike . Manual carpet craft is one of the crafts that is widely practiced by inhabitants of Qena who use the wool of their cattle for producing beautiful carpets and wall hangings of attractive natural scenes over it and selling it at good prices . Qena Governorate encloses a wide range of agricultural lands and is famous for planting some crops such as sugar cane that is used for producing the black honey .
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