North Africa
Egypt
Minya Governorate

Deir Abu Hinnis

Deir Abu Hinnis is a village in the , Egypt, on the eastern side of the Nile. The village includes an archaeological site that contain more than two hundred limestone quarries.
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  • Type: Village with 19,600 residents
  • Description: village in Minya Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Dayr Abu Hinnis”, “Dayr Abū Ḩinnis”, “Dayr Abū Ḥinnis”, and “Dayr Abū Ḩinnis, Dayr Abu Hinnis”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Antinoöpolis.

Archaeological site
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was a city founded at an older Egyptian village by the Roman emperor Hadrian to commemorate his deified young beloved, Antinoüs, on the east bank of the Nile, not far from the site in where Antinoüs drowned in 130 AD. is situated 3 km northwest of Deir Abu Hinnis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deir El Bersha and Mallawi.

Village
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is a Coptic village in , in the . It is located on the east bank of the Nile to the south of Antinoöpolis and almost opposite the city of . is situated 3½ km south of Deir Abu Hinnis.

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is a city in , located in the governorate of Minya.

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Hermopolis was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between and . Its Egyptian name Khemenu derives from the eight deities said to reside in the city.

Deir Abu Hinnis

Latitude
27.7875° or 27° 47′ 15″ north
Longitude
30.90306° or 30° 54′ 11″ east
Population
19,600
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
Open location code
7GVGQWP3+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768554324
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
358296
Wiki­data ID
Q12212278
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Deir Abu Hinnis” goes by many names.

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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 “Deir Abu Hinnis”. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.