Abu Simbel
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.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Than217, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Abu Simbel
Photo: Than217, Public domain.
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.
Abu Simbel Airport
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abu Simbel Airport is a regional airport in Abu Simbel, Egypt.
Abu Simbel
- Type: Village with 2,540 residents
- Description: village in Egypt
- Categories: human settlement, village in Egypt and locality
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.36667° or 22° 22' northLongitude
31.63333° or 31° 38' eastPopulation
2,540Open Location Code
7GJH9J8M+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 768073791OpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q6655437Abu Simbel Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Abu Simbel
- Arabic: أبو سمبل
- Arabic: أبو سنبل
- Cebuano: Abū Sunbul
- Chinese: 阿布辛贝
- Dutch: Aboe Simbel
- Egyptian Arabic: أبو سمبل
- English: Ibsambul
- Esperanto: Abu Simbel
- Estonian: Abū Sunbul
- French: Abou Simbel
- French: Abu Simbel
- Georgian: აბუ-სიმბალი
- German: Abu Simbel
- German: Neu-Abu Simbel
- Hebrew: אבו סימבל
- Hindi: अबू सिम्बल
- Hungarian: Abu Szimbel
- Igbo: Abụ Simbel
- Igbo: Ibsambul
- Italian: Abu Simbel
- Japanese: アブ・シンベル
- Mapudungun: abu simbel
- Mingrelian: აბუ-სიმბალი (ნოღა)
- Mingrelian: აბუ-სიმბალი
- Polish: Abu Sunbul
- Portuguese: Abu Simbel
- Russian: Абу-Симбел
- Slovak: Abu Simbel
- Spanish: Abu Simbel
- Swahili: Abu Simbel
- Swahili: Ibsambul
- Swedish: Abu Simbel
- Tamil: அபு சிம்பெல்
- Ukrainian: Абу-Сімбел
- Waray (Philippines): Abu Simbel
Other Places Named Abu Simbel
Localities in the Area
- Pharaonic VillageNeighbourhood, 2½ km west
- BallanaLocality, 13 km southwest
- QustulVillage, 13 km south
- AshkitLocality, 44 km southwest
Landmarks in the Area
- AlrahmanMosque, 3 km southwest
- Temples of Abu SimbelProtected area, 3½ km south
- Nefertari's Temple of Hathor3½ km south
- Visitor Centre of Abu SimbelTourism office, 3½ km south
- Abu Simbel Temples salvage documentation centerMuseum, 3½ 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 Wikipdia page Abu Simbel. Photo: Than217, Public domain.