Beni Suweif Governorate

Beni Suef is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is situated in the center of the country and is located in northern .
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 3,560,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: Banī Suwayf”, “Beni Suef Governorate”, “Beni Suwef”, “Beni Suweif”, “Beni-Souef”, “Mohafazat Beni Suef”, “Mudīrīyat Banī Suwayf”, and “Muhafazat Bani Suwayf

Beni Suweif Governorate

Latitude
28.9° or 28° 54′ north
Longitude
30.6° or 30° 36′ east
Population
3,560,000
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
Open location code
7GWGWH2X+2X
Geo­Names ID
359171
Wiki­data ID
Q30683
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Beni Suweif Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بني سويف
  • Arabic: محافظة بني سويف
  • Arabic: مديرية بنى سويف
  • Armenian: Բենի Սուեյֆ
  • Azerbaijani: Bəni Süveyf mühafəzəsi
  • Belarusian: Бені-Суэйф
  • Belarusian: Бэні-Суеф
  • Belarusian: Мухафаза Бені-Суэйф
  • Bengali: বানি সুয়েফ গভর্নোরেট
  • Bosnian: Beni Suef
  • Bulgarian: Бени Суеф
  • Catalan: governació de Beni Suef
  • Catalan: Governació de Beni Suef
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at Banī Suwayf
  • Chinese: Beni Suef Séng
  • Chinese: 贝尼·苏夫省
  • Chinese: 贝尼苏韦夫省
  • Czech: Baní Suvajf
  • Czech: Baní Suwajf
  • Danish: Bani Suwayf
  • Dutch: Beni Suef
  • Egyptian Arabic: بنى سويف
  • Egyptian Arabic: بني سويف
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة بنى سويف
  • Esperanto: Beni Suef
  • Esperanto: Provinco Beni Suef
  • Finnish: Bani Suwaifin kuvernementti
  • French: Beni Souef
  • French: Gouvernorat de Beni Souef
  • Georgian: ბანი-სუაფი
  • Georgian: ბანი-სუაფის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: Bani Suwaif
  • German: Beni Suef
  • German: EG-BNS
  • German: Gouvernement Bani Suwaif
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Μπένι Σουέφ
  • Gujarati: બેની સુએફ ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: בני סויף
  • Hebrew: מחוז בני סויף
  • Hindi: बनी सुएफ़ मुहाफ़ज़ाह
  • Hindi: बेनी सुएफ़ गवर्नरेट
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Beni Suef
  • Irish: Gobharnóireacht Beni Suef
  • Italian: Governatorato di Beni Suef
  • Japanese: ベニ・スエフ県
  • Japanese: ベニスエフ県
  • Kannada: ಬೆನಿ ಸುಯೆಫ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 베니수에프주
  • Latin: Bani Suwaif
  • Latin: Banī Suwaif
  • Latin: Benisuefia
  • Latvian: Benī Sueifas muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Beni Sueifo muchafaza
  • Macedonian: Бени Суејф (област)
  • Macedonian: Бени Суејф
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Beni Suef
  • Malayalam: ബനീ സുവൈഫ്
  • Marathi: बेनी सुएफ गव्हरनेटेट
  • Min Nan Chinese: Beni Suef Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Guvernementet Bani Suwayf
  • Norwegian: Guvernementet Beni Suef
  • Persian: استان بنی سویف
  • Persian: استان بنی‌سویف
  • Polish: Bani Suwajf
  • Portuguese: Beni Suef
  • Romanian: Bani Suwayf
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Beni Suef
  • Russian: Бени-Суэйф
  • Russian: Бени-Суэф
  • Scots: Beni Suef Govrenorate
  • Serbian: Beni Suef Governorate
  • Serbian: Бени Суејф
  • Serbo-Croatian: Beni Suejf (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Beni Suejf
  • Sinhala: බෙනි සුඑෆ් පළාත
  • South Azerbaijani: بنی‌سویف اوستانی
  • Spanish: Beni Suef
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Beni Suef
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Beni Suef
  • Swedish: Beni Suef
  • Tajik: Вилояти Банӣ-Сувайф
  • Tamil: பெனி சுயபி கோவெர்னோரே
  • Telugu: బేని సుయెఫ్ గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการบะนีซุวัยฟ์
  • Turkish: Beni Suveyf
  • Ukrainian: Бені-Суейф
  • Urdu: محافظہ بنی سیوف
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Beni Suef
  • Waray (Philippines): Beni Suef
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ بنی سیوف
  • Wu Chinese: 贝尼苏韦夫省
  • Zulu: Beni Suef Governorate

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