Abusir
Abusir is a seaside town on the shore of Lake Mariout on the western extremity of Egypt's Nile delta. It is situated about 48 kilometres southwest of Alexandria.Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Taposiris Magna
Locality
Photo: Koantao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taposiris Magna is a city established by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus between 280 and 270 BC.
Abusir
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: village in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
- Categories: village, historic site, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Matruh Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.94796° or 30° 56' 53" northLongitude
29.52356° or 29° 31' 25" eastElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open Location Code
8G2FWGXF+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 255811087OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=archaeological_siteGeoNames ID
9781955Wikidata ID
Q1568438Abusir Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: أبو صير
- Arabic: أبو صير، الإسكندرية
- Catalan: Plinthine
- Catalan: Taposiris Magna
- Cebuano: Taposiris Magna/Abusir
- Chinese: 阿布西尔
- Chinese: 阿布西爾
- Dutch: Abusir
- Egyptian Arabic: ابو صير (مصر)
- Egyptian Arabic: ابو صير
- French: Abousir
- German: Abousir
- German: Abu Sir
- German: Abusir
- German: Abū Şīr
- German: Abū Ṣīr
- German: Abū Ṣīr, Taposiris magna
- German: Taposiris magna
- Greek: Αμπουσίρ
- Indonesian: Abusir
- Italian: Abousir
- Italian: Abusir
- Italian: Taposiris Magna
- Persian: ابوصیر (دریاچه مریوط)
- Persian: ابوصیر
- Spanish: Abusir
- Swedish: Taposiris Magna/Abusir
- Urdu: ابو صیر
- Pharos of Abusir
- Taposiris Magna/Abusir, Baths, Greek Bath
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Places in the Area
- El SoltanHardware store, 1 km northeast
- Rubabikia for fine furnitureFurniture retailer, 1¼ km northeast
- Maracaia GardensChalet, 3 km southwest
- Misr PetroleumPetrol station, 4 km southwest
- Iberotel Borg El Arab HotelHotel, 5 km west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Abusir. Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0.