Sakha, Egypt

Xois
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Coordinates: 31°05′20″N 30°57′04″E / 31.089°N 30.951°E / 31.089; 30.951
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Kafr El Sheikh
Population  (2006)
• Total	14,733
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Sakha, also known by the ancient name of Xois (Arabic: سخا, Koinē Greek: Ξόις, Coptic: ⲥϦⲱⲟⲩ^[1] Strabo xvii. p, 802; Ptolemy iv. 5. § 50; Ξόης, Stephanus of Byzantium s. v.) is a town in Kafr El Sheikh Governorate of Egypt. Located near the center of the Nile Delta, it is a city of great antiquity, identified with the ancient Egyptian city of Ḫꜣsww(t) (Khasut or Khaset).