Philadelphia
Faiyum is a city geographically in Lower Egypt but culturally and politically in Upper Egypt, 100 kilometres southwest of Cairo. In the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate.
- Mound rising to 21 metres (69 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Faiyum
- Also known as“Kawm al Kharabah al Kabir”“Kôm el Kharâba el Kebîr”
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Latitude
29.45° or 29° 27′ north
Longitude
31.08333° or 31° 5′ east
Open location code
7GXHF32M+28
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Philadelphia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوم درب جرزة”
- Bulgarian: “Филаделфия”
- Catalan: “Filadèlfia”
- Cebuano: “Kawm al Kharābah al Kabīr”
- Dutch: “Philadelphia”
- Esperanto: “Filadelfio”
- Finnish: “Filadelfeia (Egypti)”
- Finnish: “Filadelfeia”
- French: “Philadelphia”
- French: “Philadelphie”
- German: “Er-Rubayat”
- German: “Kaum Darb Girza”
- German: “Kom al-Charaba al-Kebir”
- German: “Kom al-Hammam”
- German: “Kom Darb Gerza”
- German: “Kōm Darb Girza”
- German: “Philadelphia”
- Greek: “Φιλαδέλφεια Κάτω Αιγύπτου”
- Hebrew: “פילדלפיה”
- Irish: “Philadelphia”
- Italian: “Filadelfia”
- Russian: “Филадельфия”
- Slovenian: “Filadelfija”
- Swedish: “Kawm al Kharābah al Kabīr”
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