Buto
Buto, Bouto, Butus or Butosus was a city that the Ancient Egyptians called Per-Wadjet. It was located 95 km east of Alexandria in the Nile Delta of Egypt.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
- …is also known as “Buţū”
- Description: archaeological site in Egypt
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sidi Salem.
Sidi Salem
Sidi Salem is a city in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt.
9 km northeast of Buto
Buto
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Latitude
31.1964° or 31° 11′ 47″ north
Longitude
30.74449° or 30° 44′ 40″ east
Open location code
8G3G5PWV+HQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Buto” goes by many names.
ΒοῦτοςAncient Greek (to 1453)
ΒουτώAncient Greek (to 1453)
بِ دِبArabic
بوتوArabic
بوتوسArabic
مدينة بوتوArabic
ButoBasque
БутоBulgarian
ButoCatalan
ButoCebuano
布陀Chinese
BútóCzech
BoetoDutch
بوتوEgyptian Arabic
ButoFinnish
Buto (kaupunki)Finnish
ΒουτώGreek
בוטו (מצרים)Hebrew
ButoHungarian
Per UadzsetHungarian
ButoItalian
ブトJapanese
ButoLithuanian
بوتوPersian
بوتو (شهر)Persian
ButoPolish
БутоRussian
ButoSerbo-Croatian
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