Sharuna

Sharuna is an archaeological site in central Egypt. It was a settlement in ancient Egypt, located east of the Nile, almost opposite of Per Medjed. It was occupied from the Old Kingdom of Egypt until the Late Roman/Byzantine period.
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  • Locality with about 22,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
  • …is also known as “Shārūnah”
  • Description: village in Minya Governorate, Egypt

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ishnin al-Nasara.
Village
is a village in the , Egypt. is situated 8 km west of Sharuna.

Sharuna

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Latitude
28.5942° or 28° 35′ 39″ north
Longitude
30.85023° or 30° 51′ 1″ east
Open location code
7GWGHVV2+M3
Geo­Names ID
349326
Wiki­data ID
Q1136023

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Sharuna” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شارونة، المنيا”
  • Arabic: “شارونة”
  • Asturian: “Sharuna”
  • Catalan: “Hutnesut”
  • Catalan: “Sharuna”
  • Dutch: “Hoet-Nesoe”
  • Dutch: “Sharuna”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شارونة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة شارونة”
  • Finnish: “Hut-nesu”
  • French: “Hout Nesout”
  • German: “Hut-nesu”
  • German: “Hut-nesut”
  • German: “Kom el-Ahmar Sawaris”
  • German: “Schārūna”
  • German: “Sharuna”
  • Hindi: “शारुना”
  • Lithuanian: “Hut-Nesu”
  • Lithuanian: “Šaruna”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Sharuna”
  • Persian: “شارونه”
  • Polish: “Szaruna”
  • Russian: “Шаруна”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شارونه”
  • Spanish: “Sharuna”

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