Buto

Buto, Bouto, Butus or Butosus was a city that the Ancient Egyptians called Per-Wadjet. It was located 95 km east of in the of .
Wikipedia
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  • 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.

Town
Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in the , . is situated 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
node 5062456966
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
358590
Wiki­data ID
Q739278

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Buto” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βοῦτος”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βουτώ”
  • Arabic: “بِ دِب”
  • Arabic: “بوتو”
  • Arabic: “بوتوس”
  • Arabic: “مدينة بوتو”
  • Basque: “Buto”
  • Bulgarian: “Буто”
  • Catalan: “Buto”
  • Cebuano: “Buto”
  • Chinese: “布陀”
  • Czech: “Bútó”
  • Dutch: “Boeto”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوتو”
  • Finnish: “Buto (kaupunki)”
  • Finnish: “Buto”
  • French: “Bouto”
  • German: “Buto”
  • German: “Tell el-Fara’in”
  • German: “Tell el-Farāʿīn”
  • Greek: “Βουτώ”
  • Hebrew: “בוטו (מצרים)”
  • Hungarian: “Buto”
  • Hungarian: “Per Uadzset”
  • Italian: “Buto”
  • Japanese: “ブト”
  • Lithuanian: “Buto”
  • Persian: “بوتو (شهر)”
  • Persian: “بوتو”
  • Polish: “Buto”
  • Portuguese: “Buto”
  • Russian: “Буто”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Buto”
  • Slovak: “Boutó”
  • Slovak: “Pervadžet”
  • Slovenian: “Buto”
  • Spanish: “Buto”
  • Swahili: “Buto”
  • Swedish: “Buto”
  • Ukrainian: “Буто”
  • Urdu: “بوتو”

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