Basyoun

Basyoun is a city and municipal division in the , Egypt. It is the hometown of Egyptian International footballers Ahmed El Mohamady and Mohamed Salah.
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  • Type: Locality with 75,100 residents
  • Description: city in Egypt
  • Also known as: Basyûn

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sais.

Village
was an ancient Egyptian city in the Western on the branch of the Nile, known by the ancient Egyptians as Sꜣw. It was the provincial capital of Sap-Meh, the fifth nome of and became the seat of power during the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt and the Saite Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt during the Late Period. is situated 5 km northwest of Basyoun.

Basyoun

Latitude
30.9398° or 30° 56′ 23″ north
Longitude
30.8134° or 30° 48′ 48″ east
Population
75,100
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8G2GWRQ7+W9
Geo­Names ID
358970
Wiki­data ID
Q1072210
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Basyoun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بسيون
  • Asturian: Basyoun
  • Cebuano: Basyūn
  • Chinese: 巴斯尤恩
  • Dutch: Basyoun
  • Egyptian Arabic: بسيون
  • French: Basyoun
  • Hebrew: באסיון
  • Italian: Basyoun
  • Kazakh: Basʹyun qalası
  • Kazakh: Басьюн қаласы
  • Kazakh: باسيۋن قالاسى
  • Malagasy: Basyūn
  • Persian: بسیون
  • Polish: Basjun
  • Russian: Басьюн
  • Serbian: Басјун
  • Swedish: Basyūn
  • Thai: บัสยูน
  • Turkish: Basyun
  • Uzbek: Basyun
  • Zulu: Basyoun

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