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Location: on both sides of the Nile, in the east as far as the Arabian desert
Area: 11,218 kmē
Population: 5 million
Capital: Sohag
Ian MacDonald,
28 February 2021
According to Wikipedia in Arabic, the flag and the emblem changed again in
December 2020:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ar/9/9d/Flag_of_Sohag_Governorate.png
Jean-Marc Merklin,
28 February 2021
image by Jean-Marc Merklin, 28 February 2021
The
2006 flag is a dark green flag showing the head of a pharaoh
with the double crown Pschent for Upper and Lower Egypt. This symbol was chosen
for the coat of arms of the governorate in 2010. On the flag in the
governor's
reception room, below the coat of arms, there is still an Arabic inscription,
probably the name of the governorate.
Ian MacDonald,
28 February 2021
The 2016 version shows "Muhafazah Sawhaj" in Arabic (for "Sohag
Governorate"), as seen on the internet on a white field.
Jean-Marc Merklin,
28 February 2021
On the green flags of 1953 and 1975 a bridge over the Nile can be seen, surrounded by a laurel wreath in 1975.
image by
Jaume Ollé
Source: Vexilologie
[vex] #35 & 38.