Shunhur
Shanhūr is a village in Qus in Egypt, with a population of 13,432 people. There are 6,380 men and 7,052 women. At the edge of the village are the ruins of a Roman era temple built during the first century AD.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 9,310 residents
- Description: village in Qena Governorate, Egypt
- Also known as: “El Shanhûrîya”, “Shahhûr”, “Shahhûr, Shahhur”, “Shanhur”, and “Shanhūr”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qus and Naqada.
Qus
Town
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qus is a city in the modern Qena Governorate, Egypt, located on the east bank of the Nile. Qus is situated 6 km north of Shunhur.
Naqada
Village
Naqada is a town on the west bank of the Nile in Qena Governorate, Egypt, situated ca. 20 km north of Luxor. It includes the villages of Tukh, Khatara, Danfiq, and Zawayda. Naqada is situated 7 km northwest of Shunhur.
Shunhur
- Categories: hamlet, village in Egypt, and locality
- Location: Qena Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.86057° or 25° 51′ 38″ northLongitude
32.77788° or 32° 46′ 40″ eastPopulation
9,310Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)Open location code
7GQJVQ6H+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 768558354OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
349377Wikidata ID
Q2233285
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Shunhur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شنهور، قنا”
- Arabic: “شنهور”
- Catalan: “Shanhur”
- Catalan: “Shanhūr”
- Catalan: “Xanhur”
- Dutch: “Shanhur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شنهور”
- French: “Chanhour”
- French: “Chenhour”
- German: “Schanhur”
- German: “Schanhūr”
- German: “Schenhur”
- German: “Shanhur”
- German: “Shenhur”
- Persian: “شنهور، قنا”
- Polish: “Szanhur”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Shanhūr and Sidi Masud.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Shunhur”. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.