Heracleopolis Magna
Heracleopolis Magna, Heracleopolis or Herakleoupolis is the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Egypt, known in Ancient Egyptian as nn nswt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Egypt
- Also known as: “Herakleopolis Magna”, “Hērakleouspolis Megalé”, “Ihnāsiyat al Madīnah”, “Ihnasya al Madinah”, “Ihnāsyā al Madīnah”, “Ihnasya el Madîna”, and “Ihnāsyat al Madīnah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sedment.
Sedment
Village
Sedment al-Gabal is a village in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt. It attracts a large number of Christians each year to celebrate the feast day of Saint George. Sedment is situated 7 km northwest of Heracleopolis Magna.
Heracleopolis Magna
- Categories: ancient city, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beni Suweif Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.08552° or 29° 5′ 8″ northLongitude
30.93456° or 30° 56′ 4″ eastPopulation
40,000Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
7GXG3WPM+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5017183546OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteGeoNames ID
355595Wikidata ID
Q249480
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Heracleopolis Magna” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Heracleopolis Magna”
- Afrikaans: “Herakleopolis”
- Amharic: “ሄራክሌውፖሊስ”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἡρακλεόπολις”
- Arabic: “أهناسيا”
- Arabic: “إهناسيا”
- Arabic: “اهناسيا”
- Arabic: “مركز إهناسيا”
- Asturian: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Azerbaijani: “Herakleopol”
- Basque: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Belarusian: “Гераклеопаль”
- Catalan: “Ahnasiya al-Madina”
- Catalan: “Ahnasiya Umm al-Kiman”
- Catalan: “Heracleòpolis Magna”
- Catalan: “Heracleòpolis”
- Catalan: “Herakleopolis”
- Catalan: “Herakleòpolis”
- Catalan: “Nen-nesu”
- Cebuano: “Heracleopolis Magna”
- Chinese: “赫拉克利奥坡里”
- Chinese: “赫拉克利奥波利斯”
- Chinese: “赫拉克利奧坡里”
- Chinese: “赫拉克来俄波利斯”
- Czech: “Heracleopolis Magna”
- Czech: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Dutch: “Henen-nesut”
- Dutch: “Heracleopolis Magna”
- Dutch: “Heracleopolis”
- Dutch: “Herakleiopolis Magna”
- Dutch: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Dutch: “Herakleopolis”
- Dutch: “Hwt-nen-nesu”
- Dutch: “Nen-nesu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “إهناسيا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة إهناسيا”
- Esperanto: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Esperanto: “Herakleopolis Megale”
- Esperanto: “Herakleópolis Megalé”
- Esperanto: “Herakleopolis”
- Esperanto: “Herakleópolis”
- Esperanto: “Herakleopoliso”
- Finnish: “Herakleopolis Megale”
- French: “Heracleopolis Magna”
- French: “Héracléopolis Magna”
- French: “Héracléopolis”
- French: “Hérakléopolis Magna”
- French: “Herakleopolis”
- French: “Hérakléopolis”
- Galician: “Heracleópolis Magna”
- German: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- German: “Herakleopolis”
- German: “Ihnasya al-Madina”
- German: “Ihnāsyā el-Madīna”
- Greek: “Ηρακλεόπολις η μεγάλη”
- Hebrew: “הרקליאופוליס מגנה”
- Hungarian: “Hérakleopolisz Magna”
- Hungarian: “Hérakleopolisz”
- Indonesian: “Heracleopolis”
- Indonesian: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Indonesian: “Herakleopolis”
- Italian: “Eracleopoli”
- Italian: “Heracleopolis Magna”
- Japanese: “ヘラクレオポリス・マグナ”
- Japanese: “ヘラクレオポリス”
- Japanese: “上エジプト第20県”
- Korean: “헤라클레오폴리스 마그나”
- Korean: “헤라클레오폴리스”
- Lithuanian: “Herakleopolis”
- Lithuanian: “Nen-Nesu”
- Macedonian: “Хераклепол Магна”
- Macedonian: “Хераклепол”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Norwegian: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Persian: “هراکلئوپولیس”
- Polish: “Herakleopolis”
- Portuguese: “Heracleópolis Magna”
- Russian: “Гераклеополис Магна”
- Russian: “Гераклеополис”
- Russian: “Гераклеополь”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Heraklopolis Magna”
- Slovak: “Henennesu”
- Slovak: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Slovak: “Hérakleus polis megalé”
- Slovenian: “Heracleopolis Magna”
- Slovenian: “Herakleopolis Magna”
- Spanish: “Heracleopolis Magna”
- Spanish: “Heracleópolis Magna”
- Spanish: “Heracleopolis”
- Spanish: “Heracleópolis”
- Swedish: “Heracleopolis Magna”
- Swedish: “Herakleopolis”
- Swedish: “Hnes”
- Tamil: “ஹெராக்கிலியோபோலிஸ் மக்னா”
- Thai: “เฮราคลีโอโพลิส”
- Ukrainian: “Гераклеополь”
- Urdu: “ہیراکلیوپولس میگنا”
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