Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, growing behind the Aswan Dam, in a massive archaeological rescue plan sponsored by UNESCO in the 1960s.Photo: Than217, Public domain.
Photo: Schaengel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Abu Simbel
Village
Photo: Than217, Public domain.
22°21′N 31°37′E / 22.350°N 31.617°E Abu Simbel in 2017Abu Simbel is a village in the Egyptian part of Nubia, about 240 km southwest of Aswan and near the border with Sudan. Abu Simbel is situated 3½ km north of Abu Simbel.
Abu Simbel
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt
- Categories: archaeological site, temple complex, architectural ensemble, tourism and historic site
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
22.3371° or 22° 20' 14" northLongitude
31.6259° or 31° 37' 33" eastPopulation
5,000Elevation
189 metres (620 feet)IATA airport code
ABSUnited Nations Location Code
EG ABSOpen Location Code
7GJH8JPG+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 594065767OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
362041Wikidata ID
Q134140Abu Simbel Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Aboe Simbel-tempels
- Albanian: Abu Simbeli
- Albanian: Kompleksi i Abu Simbelit
- Albanian: Tempujt e Abu Simbelit
- Arabic: Mga templo Abu Simbel
- Arabic: أبو سمبل
- Arabic: أبوسمبل
- Arabic: ابو سمبل
- Arabic: معبد أبوسمبل
- Arabic: معبد أبو سمبل
- Arabic: معبدا أبو سمبل
- Armenian: Աբու Սիմբել
- Armenian: Աբու Սիմբելի տաճարներ
- Asturian: Abu Simbel
- Azerbaijani: Abu-Simbel məbədi
- Azerbaijani: Əbu-Simbel
- Azerbaijani: Əbu-Simbel məbədi
- Azerbaijani: Əbu Simbəl
- Bashkir: Әбү-Симбел
- Bashkir: Әбү Симбел
- Basque: Abu Simbel
- Basque: Abu Sinbel
- Belarusian: Абу-Сымбэл
- Belarusian: Абу-Сімбел
- Bengali: আবু সিমবেল
- Bosnian: Abu Simbel
- Bulgarian: Абу Симбел
- Burmese: အဘူစင်ဘယ်
- Catalan: Abu Simbel
- Chinese: 拉美西斯二世神廟
- Chinese: 阿布西巴神庙
- Chinese: 阿布辛巴神庙
- Chinese: 阿布辛拜勒
- Chinese: 阿布辛拜勒神庙
- Chinese: 阿布辛拜勒神廟
- Chinese: 阿布辛貝勒
- Chinese: 阿布辛貝神殿
- Chinese: 阿布辛贝勒石窟寺
- Chinese: 阿布辛贝勒神庙
- Chinese: 阿布辛贝神庙
- Croatian: Abu Simbel
- Czech: Abu Simbel
- Czech: Abú Simbel - Velký chrám
- Czech: Abú Simbel
- Danish: Abu Simbel
- Dutch: Aboe Simbel
- Dutch: Aboe Simbel tempel
- Dutch: Abu Simbel
- Egyptian Arabic: ابو سمبل
- English: Abu Simbel Temples
- English: Abu Simbel temples
- English: Great and Small Temples of Abu Simbel
- English: Temples at Abu Simbel
- English: Temples of Abu Simbel
- Esperanto: Temploj de Abu Simbel
- Estonian: Abu Simbel
- Estonian: Abu Simbeli templid
- Estonian: Abu Sunbul
- Estonian: Abū Sunbul
- Finnish: Abu Simbel
- Finnish: Abu Sunbul
- French: Abou Simbel
- French: Abu Simbel
- French: Temples d'Abou Simbel
- French: temples d'Abou Simbel
- Galician: Abu Simbel
- Georgian: აბუ-სიმბალი
- Georgian: აბუ-სიმბელი
- Georgian: აბუ სიმბალი
- German: Abu Simbel
- German: Neu-Abu Simbel
- German: Tempel von Abu Simbel
- Greek: Αμπού Σίμπελ
- Greek: Αμπού Σιμπέλ
- Hebrew: אבו סימבל
- Hebrew: מקדש אבו-סימבל
- Hebrew: מקדש אבו־סימבל
- Hebrew: מקדש אבו סימבל
- Hebrew: מקדשי אבו סימבל
- Hindi: अबू सिम्बल मन्दिर
- Hungarian: Abu Szimbel-i templomok
- Hungarian: Abu Szimbel
- Igbo: Abu Simbel
- Indonesian: Abu Simbel
- Irish: Abu Simbel
- Italian: Abu-Simbel
- Italian: Abu Simbal
- Italian: Abu Simbel
- Italian: Ebsambul
- Japanese: アブシンベル神殿
- Japanese: アブ・シンベル神殿
- Javanese: Abu Simbel
- Kannada: ಅಬು ಸಿಂಬೆಲ್
- Kirghiz: Абу-Симбел
- Korean: 아부심벨
- Korean: 아부 심벨
- Korean: 아부심벨 신전
- Korean: 아부 심벨 신전
- Latin: Templa Abu Simbel
- Latvian: Abū Simbelas tempļi
- Lithuanian: Abu Simbelas
- Lithuanian: Abu Simbelis
- Luxembourgish: Abu Simbel
- Macedonian: Абу Симбел
- Malay: Abu Simbel
- Malay: Kuil Abu Simbel
- Malayalam: Abu Simbel temples
- Malayalam: അബൂ സിംബൽ
- Maltese: Abu Simbel
- Mingrelian: აბუ-სიმბალი
- Nepali: अबु सिम्बेल देखि फिले सम्मको नुबियान धरोहर
- Nepali: अबू सिम्बेलका मन्दिरहरू
- Norwegian: Abu Simbel
- Norwegian Bokmål: Abu Simbel
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Abu Simbel
- Occitan (post 1500): Temples d'Abó Simbel
- Persian: ابو سمبل
- Persian: ابوسمبل
- Persian: ابو سیمبل
- Polish: Abu Simbel
- Portuguese: Abu-Simbel
- Portuguese: Abu Simbel
- Portuguese: Abu Sunbul
- Portuguese: Abul-Simbel
- Portuguese: Monumentos Núbios de Abu Simbel a Philae
- Romanian: Abu Simbel
- Russian: Абу-Симбел
- Russian: Абу-Симбель
- Russian: Абу Симбел
- Scots: Abu Simbel temples
- Serbian: Abu Simbel
- Serbian: Абу Симбел
- Serbo-Croatian: Abu Simbel
- Slovak: Abú Sumbul
- Slovenian: Abu Simbel
- Spanish: Abu Simbal
- Spanish: Abu Simbel
- Spanish: Abú Simbel
- Swahili: Mahekalu ya Abu Simbel
- Swedish: Templen i Abu Simbel
- Tajik: Абусимбал
- Tamil: அபு சிம்பெல் கோயில்கள்
- Thai: อะบูซิมเบล
- Turkish: Abu Simbel
- Turkish: Ebu Simbel
- Turkish: Ebû Sümbül
- Turkish: İpsambol
- Turkish: İpsambul
- Ukrainian: Абу-Симбел
- Ukrainian: Абу Симбел
- Ukrainian: Абу Сімбел
- Ukrainian: Храми Абу-Сімбел
- Urdu: ابوسمبل
- Uzbek: Abu simbal
- Vietnamese: Abu Simbel
- Waray (Philippines): Mga templo Abu Simbel
- Welsh: Abu Simbel
- Western Panjabi: ابوسمبل
- Wu Chinese: 阿布辛贝勒神庙
- Yue Chinese: 阿布辛貝神殿
- Abu Simbil
- Abu Sinbil
- Abu Sumbul
Other Places Named Abu Simbel
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- BallanaLocality, 10 km southwest
- AshkitLocality, 41 km southwest
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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 Wikivoyage page Abu Simbel. Photo: Than217, Public domain.