Heliopolis

Heliopolis was a major city of ancient Egypt. It was the capital of the Heliopolite or 13th Nome of and a major religious centre. Its site is within the boundaries of and El Matareya districts in northeastern .
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 22 metres (72 feet)
  • …is also known as “Ancient Heliopolis”
  • Description: city of ancient Egypt
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Qubba Palace and Al Marj.
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Koubbeh Palace or Qubbah Palace is one of the various… is situated 3½ km south of Heliopolis.
El-Marg station is a station on the Cairo Metro that… is situated 3½ km northeast of Heliopolis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Cairo and Zeitoun.
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The northern districts of Greater form a vast…
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, also al-Zeitoun, is one of the eight… is situated 3½ km south of Heliopolis.
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The eastern districts of are a series of planned…

Heliopolis

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Latitude
30.12925° or 30° 7′ 45″ north
Longitude
31.30793° or 31° 18′ 29″ east
Open location code
8G2H48H5+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13273052235
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
355956
Wiki­data ID
Q191687

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Heliopolis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Heliopolis”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἡλιούπολις”
  • Arabic: “أون”
  • Arabic: “اون”
  • Arabic: “هليوبليس القديمة”
  • Arabic: “هليوبليس”
  • Arabic: “هليوبولس”
  • Arabic: “هليوبوليس”
  • Armenian: “Հելիոպոլիս”
  • Asturian: “Heliopolis”
  • Azerbaijani: “Heliopol”
  • Basque: “Heliopolis”
  • Belarusian: “Геліёпаль”
  • Belarusian: “Геліопаль”
  • Bulgarian: “Хелиополис (Египет)”
  • Bulgarian: “Хелиополис”
  • Catalan: “Heliòpolis”
  • Cebuano: “Heliopolis”
  • Chinese: “赫利奥波利斯”
  • Chinese: “赫利奧波利斯”
  • Chinese: “赫利欧波利斯”
  • Chinese: “赫里奥波利斯”
  • Chinese: “赫里奥波里斯”
  • Chinese: “赫里奧波里斯”
  • Croatian: “Heliopolis”
  • Czech: “Héliopolis”
  • Czech: “Iunu”
  • Danish: “Heliopolis”
  • Danish: “Iunu”
  • Dutch: “Annu”
  • Dutch: “Heliopolis”
  • Dutch: “Iunu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عين شمس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هليوبوليس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هليوپوليس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيليوبوليس”
  • Esperanto: “Heliopolo”
  • Finnish: “Heliopolis”
  • Finnish: “Iunu”
  • French: “Aîn-ech-Chams”
  • French: “Heliopolis”
  • French: “Héliopolis”
  • French: “Ionou”
  • French: “Iounou”
  • French: “Onou-Iounou”
  • Galician: “Heliópole”
  • Galician: “Heliópolis”
  • Georgian: “ჰელიოპოლისი”
  • German: “Arab el-Hisn”
  • German: “Heliopolis”
  • German: “Iunu”
  • German: “Maṭarīya”
  • Greek: “Ηλιούπολις”
  • Hausa: “Heliopolis (tsohuwar Misira)”
  • Hausa: “Heliopolis”
  • Hebrew: “און”
  • Hebrew: “הליופוליס”
  • Hindi: “हेलियोपोलिस”
  • Hungarian: “Héliopolisz”
  • Icelandic: “Helíópólis”
  • Indonesian: “Heliopolis”
  • Italian: “Eliopoli”
  • Italian: “Eliopolis”
  • Italian: “Iunu”
  • Japanese: “ヘリオポリス”
  • Korean: “이우누”
  • Korean: “헬리오폴리스”
  • Latin: “Heliopolis (Aegyptus)”
  • Latin: “Heliopolis”
  • Lithuanian: “Heliopolis”
  • Malagasy: “Heliôpôlisy”
  • Malay: “Heliopolis (Mesir purba)”
  • Malay: “Heliopolis”
  • Marathi: “हेलिओपोलिस, इजिप्त”
  • Marathi: “हेलिओपोलिस”
  • Marathi: “हेलियोपोलिस, इजिप्त”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Heliopolis”
  • Norwegian: “Heliopolis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Eliopòlis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Eliòpolis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Iono”
  • Persian: “هلیوپلیس”
  • Persian: “هلیوپولیس”
  • Polish: “Heliopolis”
  • Polish: “Misr al-Dżadida”
  • Portuguese: “Heliópolis”
  • Romanian: “Heliopolis”
  • Russian: “Гелиополис”
  • Russian: “Гелиополь”
  • Russian: “Иуну”
  • Serbian: “Хелиополис (Египат)”
  • Serbian: “Хелиополис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Heliopolis (drevni)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Heliopolis”
  • Slovak: “Héliu polis”
  • Slovak: “Iunu”
  • Slovak: “Jonev”
  • Slovak: “Ón”
  • Slovak: “Ówen”
  • Slovenian: “Heliopolis”
  • Spanish: “Heliopolis”
  • Spanish: “Heliópolis”
  • Spanish: “Heliopolitana”
  • Spanish: “Heliopolitano”
  • Spanish: “Iunu”
  • Spanish: “On”
  • Swedish: “Heliopolis, Egypten”
  • Swedish: “Heliopolis”
  • Swedish: “Iunu”
  • Swedish: “On”
  • Tagalog: “Heliopolis”
  • Tagalog: “Helyopolis”
  • Tajik: “Ҳелиюпулис (Мисри Бостон)”
  • Tajik: “Ҳелиюпулис”
  • Tamil: “ஹெல்லியோபோலிஸ் (பண்டைய எகிப்து)”
  • Tamil: “ஹெல்லியோபோலிஸ்”
  • Thai: “แฮลิอูโปลิส”
  • Turkish: “Heliopolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Геліополіс”
  • Ukrainian: “Геліополь”
  • Ukrainian: “Іуну”
  • Urdu: “عين شمس”
  • Urdu: “عین شمس”
  • Uzbek: “Geliopol”
  • Vietnamese: “Heliopolis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Heliopolis (kahadto nga Ehipto)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Heliopolis”
  • Yue Chinese: “希里奧波里斯”

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