North Africa
Egypt
Qena Governorate

Naqada

Naqada is a town on the west bank of the Nile in , Egypt, situated ca. 20 km north of . It includes the villages of Tukh, Khatara, Danfiq, and Zawayda.
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  • Type: Village with 21,500 residents
  • Description: town in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Naqāda, Naqada”, “Naqadah”, and “Naqādah”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qus and Shunhur.

Town
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the modern , , located on the east bank of the Nile. is situated 4 km east of Naqada.

Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shanhūr is a village in in , 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. is situated 7 km southeast of Naqada.

Naqada

Latitude
25.90209° or 25° 54′ 8″ north
Longitude
32.72465° or 32° 43′ 29″ east
Population
21,500
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
7GQJWP2F+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768083448
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
351356
Wiki­data ID
Q959859
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Naqada” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نقادة”
  • Asturian: “Naqada”
  • Basque: “Naqada”
  • Belarusian: “Накада”
  • Cebuano: “Naqādah”
  • Chinese: “奈加代”
  • Dutch: “Nagada”
  • Dutch: “Naqada”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة نقادة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نقادة”
  • French: “Nagada”
  • French: “Naqada”
  • French: “Noubt”
  • French: “Nubt”
  • French: “Ombos”
  • German: “Naqada”
  • German: “Naqāda”
  • German: “Negada”
  • German: “Negade”
  • German: “Nubt”
  • German: “Ombos”
  • Indonesian: “Naqada (kota)”
  • Indonesian: “Naqada”
  • Italian: “Nagada”
  • Italian: “Naqada”
  • Japanese: “ナカダ”
  • Macedonian: “Нагада”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Naqada”
  • Norwegian: “Naqada”
  • Persian: “نقاده”
  • Portuguese: “Nacada”
  • Portuguese: “Naqada”
  • Russian: “Накада”
  • Russian: “Негада”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nakada”
  • Slovenian: “Nakada”
  • Spanish: “Nagada”
  • Spanish: “Naqada”
  • Spanish: “Naqādah”
  • Swahili: “Naqada”
  • Swedish: “Naqādah”
  • Tamil: “நக்காடா”
  • Ukrainian: “Накада”
  • Vietnamese: “Nagada”
  • Zulu: “Naqada”

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