Canopus
Canopus, also known as Canobus, was an ancient Egyptian coastal town, located in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 kilometers from the center of that city.- Type: Ruin
- Description: ancient Egyptian town
- Also known as: “Canobus”, “Cánope”, “Canòpic”, “Canopus (Egypte)”, “Canopus, Egypt”, “Genup”, “Kanobos”, “Peguati”, “Κάνωβος”, “Абукир”, “Абукір”, “Канопия”, “Пикуат”, “כאנוב”, “קנופוס”, “مدينة كانوبوس”, “カノープス （エジプト）”, “カノポス”, “卡諾坡斯”, “卡诺卜”, “卡诺波”, and “卡诺皮克”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Kouta Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abu Qir and Montaza.
Montaza
Locality
El Mandara
Suburb
Canopus
- Categories: archaeological site, former settlement, submerged settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.31667° or 31° 19′ north
Longitude
30.05° or 30° 3′ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8G3G8382+M2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Canopus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كانوب”
- Azerbaijani: “Kanopus”
- Basque: “Kanope”
- Basque: “Kanopus”
- Belarusian: “Каноб”
- Belarusian: “Канопус”
- Bengali: “ক্যানোপাস”
- Bulgarian: “Канопос”
- Catalan: “Canop”
- Chinese: “克諾珀斯”
- Chinese: “克诺珀斯”
- Danish: “Kanopos”
- Dutch: “Canopus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كانوبوس”
- Extremaduran: “Canobu”
- Finnish: “Kanopos”
- French: “Canope”
- German: “Kanopus”
- Greek: “Κάνωπος”
- Hebrew: “קאנופוס”
- Indonesian: “Canopus, Mesir”
- Indonesian: “Canopus”
- Irish: “Canopus”
- Italian: “Canopo”
- Japanese: “カノープス (エジプト)”
- Latin: “Canopus (Aegyptus antiqua)”
- Latin: “Canopus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanopos”
- Norwegian: “Kanopos”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canòp”
- Persian: “کانوب”
- Persian: “کانوپ”
- Polish: “Kanopos”
- Portuguese: “Canopo”
- Romanian: “Canop”
- Russian: “Каноб”
- Russian: “Канопус”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanopus (Egipat)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanopus”
- Spanish: “Canopo”
- Swahili: “Canopus, Misri”
- Swedish: “Kanopos”
- Thai: “คาโนโปส”
- Ukrainian: “Каноп”
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