Shibīn al Qanāţir
Shibin El Qanater, previously known as Shaybin al-Qasr and Scenae Veteranorum is a region in Egypt situated in the center of the Qalyubia Governorate. Its population was 423,783 at the 2006 Census and comprises 36 villages.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 73,700 residents
- Description: city in Egypt
- Also known as: “Shabīn al Qanātir”, “Shabir al-Kanatir”, “Shibin al Qanatir”, “Shibin El Qanater”, “Shibin el-Qanater”, and “Shibîn el-Qanâṭir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leontopolis.
Leontopolis
Archaeological site
Leontopolis is the Koine Greek name of a city that may correspond to either the modern area of Tell el Yehudiye or Tell el-Yahudiya. It was an ancient city of Egypt in the 13th nome of Lower Egypt on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile.
Shibīn al Qanāţir
- Category: city
- Location: Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Shibīn al Qanāţir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبين القناطر”
- Arabic: “مركز شبين القناطر”
- Asturian: “Shibin el-Qanater”
- Cebuano: “Shibīn al Qanāţir”
- Dutch: “Shibin el-Qanater”
- French: “Shibin el-Qanater”
- Georgian: “შიბან ელ-ქანათერი”
- Georgian: “შიბინ-ელ-კანატირი”
- Greek: “Σιμπίν ελ Κανατίρ”
- Kazakh: “Şïbïn-élʹ-Kanatïr qalası”
- Kazakh: “Шибин-эль-Канатир қаласы”
- Kazakh: “شىيبىين-ەل-كاناتىير قالاسى”
- Persian: “شبین القناطر”
- Persian: “شبینالقناطر”
- Polish: “Szibin al-Kanatir”
- Russian: “Шибин-эль-Канатир”
- Russian: “Шибин-эль-Канатыр”
- Swedish: “Shibīn al Qanāţir”
- Zulu: “Shibin El Qanater”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Minyat Shibīn and Ash Shawbak.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tell el-Yahoudieh and Tall al Yahūdīyah.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shibīn al Qanāţir”. Photo: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 4.0.