Edfu
Edfu is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately 60,000 people. Edfu is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell Edfu.Photo: MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Temple of Edfu
Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt.
Edfu
- Type: Town with 166,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River
- Categories: city, big city and locality
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.9803° or 24° 58' 49" northLongitude
32.8747° or 32° 52' 29" eastPopulation
166,000Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)Open Location Code
7GPJXVJF+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 768078792OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
355635Wikidata ID
Q239107Edfu Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Amharic: ኤድፉ
- Arabic: Edfu
- Arabic: إدفو
- Arabic: ادفو
- Armenian: Իդֆու
- Asturian: Edfu
- Azerbaijani: İdfu
- Basque: Edfu
- Bulgarian: Аполинополис Магна
- Bulgarian: Бехдет
- Bulgarian: Бехедет
- Bulgarian: Джеб
- Bulgarian: Едфу
- Catalan: Apollinopolis Magna
- Catalan: Apollonopolis Magna
- Catalan: Apollonos Superioris
- Catalan: Apol·linòpolis Magna
- Catalan: Apol·lonòpolis Magna
- Catalan: Behdet
- Catalan: Behedet
- Catalan: Djeba
- Catalan: Edfu
- Catalan: Edfú
- Catalan: Idfu
- Catalan: Idfú
- Cebuano: Idfū
- Chinese: 伊德富
- Chinese: 埃德富
- Croatian: Edfu
- Czech: Edfu
- Dutch: Edfoe
- Dutch: Edfu
- Dutch: Idfoe
- Egyptian Arabic: إدفو
- Egyptian Arabic: ادفو
- English: Behdet
- English: Idfu
- English: Idfū
- Esperanto: Edfu
- Finnish: Edfu
- Finnish: Idfu
- French: Edfou
- French: Idfu
- Galician: Edfu
- German: Apollinopolis Magna
- German: Apollonospolis
- German: Edfu
- German: Idfu
- Greek: Εντφού
- Hebrew: אדפו
- Hungarian: Edfu
- Indonesian: Edfu
- Irish: Idfu
- Italian: Apollinopolis Magna
- Italian: Behdet
- Italian: Behedet
- Italian: Djebat
- Italian: Edfu
- Italian: Idfu
- Japanese: エドフ
- Kazakh: Édfw
- Kazakh: Эдфу
- Kazakh: Эдфу қаласы
- Kazakh: ەدفۋ
- Korean: 에드푸
- Latin: Apollinopolis Magna
- Latin: Apollonopolis Magna
- Lithuanian: Apolinopolis
- Lithuanian: Behdet
- Lithuanian: Džeba
- Lithuanian: Edfu
- Lithuanian: Idfu
- Luxembourgish: Edfu
- Malagasy: Idfū
- Norwegian: Idfu
- Norwegian Bokmål: Idfu
- Occitan (post 1500): Edfó
- Persian: ادفو
- Polish: Apollonopolis Magna
- Polish: Behdet
- Polish: Behedet
- Polish: Edfu
- Polish: Idfu
- Portuguese: Behdet
- Portuguese: Behedet
- Portuguese: Edfu
- Portuguese: Tell Edfu
- Russian: Аджба
- Russian: Аполлинополь Великий
- Russian: Атбо
- Russian: Бехдет
- Russian: Идфу
- Russian: Эдфу
- Scots: Edfu
- Serbian: Едфу
- Serbo-Croatian: Edfu
- Slovak: Edfu
- Slovenian: Edfu
- South Azerbaijani: ادفو
- Spanish: Apolinopolis
- Spanish: Apolinopolis Magna
- Spanish: Apolinópolis
- Spanish: Apolinópolis Magna
- Spanish: Behdet
- Spanish: Edfu
- Spanish: Edfú
- Swahili: Behdet
- Swahili: Edfu
- Swahili: Idfu
- Swahili: Idfū
- Swedish: Edfo
- Swedish: Edfu
- Swedish: Idfu
- Swedish: Idfū
- Tajik: Идфу
- Turkish: Edfu
- Ukrainian: Аполлінополь Великий
- Ukrainian: Едфу
- Urdu: ادفو
- Venetian: Edfu
- Waray (Philippines): Edfu
- Zulu: Edfu
- Idfu, Idfu
- Idfu Baḥari
- Idfū Baḩri
Other Places Named Edfu
In the Area
- Idfu CityTown
- Al Rasdisia Qebly CityVillage, 9 km south
- Al Ramadi BahriVillage, 12 km south
- Al Bosiliah Al Wosta VillageVillage, 17 km northwest
- نجع ابو ابنىVillage, 19 km south
- نجع الزنيقهVillage, 19 km south
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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 Edfu. Photo: MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.