Zawyet Umm El Rakham
Zawyet Umm El Rakham is an archaeological site located on the North coast of Egypt 20 km to the west of Marsa Matruh, and about 300 km to the west of Alexandria During the reign of Ramesses II, it was the location of a major fortress-town which probably marked the western extent of direct Egyptian influence.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,640 residents
- Description: village and archaeological site in Egypt
- Also known as: “Zāwiyat Umm ar Rakham”, “Zāwiyet Umm el Rakham”, “Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham”, “Zawyat Umm ar Rakham”, “Zāwyat Umm ar Rakham”, and “Zâwyet Umm el Rakham”
Zawyet Umm El Rakham
- Categories: fortress, archaeological site, and locality
- Location: Matruh Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.39543° or 31° 23′ 44″ northLongitude
27.04504° or 27° 2′ 42″ eastPopulation
2,640Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
8G3992WW+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 6030197059OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
346067Wikidata ID
Q167780
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Zawyet Umm El Rakham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم الرخم”
- Arabic: “زاوية أم الرخم”
- Dutch: “Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham”
- Egyptian Arabic: “زاويه ام الرخم”
- Egyptian Arabic: “زاويييت ومم ال راخام”
- French: “Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham”
- German: “Umm el-Racham”
- German: “Umm er-Racham”
- German: “Zawiyat Umm el-Racham”
- German: “Zawiyat Umm er-Racham”
- German: “Zāwiyat Umm er-Racham”
- German: “Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham”
- Italian: “Zawiyett umm El Rakham”
- Swahili: “Zawyet Umm El Rakham”
- Urdu: “زاویہ ام الرخم”
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