Tell el-Balamun
Tell el-Balamun first known as Smabehdet, is an ancient city in Egypt dating from 2400 BC. It was once a port city on an estuary of the Nile, but is now inland of the Mediterranean Sea.- Hill
- …rises to around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Description: village in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
- Also known as“Diospolis Parva”“El-Koln el-Aḥmar”“Sema-behdet”“Tall al Balāmūn”
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Latitude
31.26205° or 31° 15′ 43″ north
Longitude
31.57403° or 31° 34′ 27″ east
Open location code
8G3H7H6F+RJ
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Tell el-Balamun” goes by many names.
Διόσπολις ΚάτωAncient Greek (to 1453)
Διόσπολις ΜικράAncient Greek (to 1453)
البلامونArabic
البلامون، الدقهليةArabic
بلامونArabic
تل البلامونArabic
قرية البلامونArabic
Al-BalamunCatalan
Diòspolis InferiorCatalan
El-BalamunCatalan
Tell el-BalamunDutch
البلامونEgyptian Arabic
Diospolis KatōFinnish
Diospolis MikraFinnish
Pa-iu-en-AmonFinnish
Waset-mehetFinnish
Diospolis InferiorItalian
PaiuenamonItalian
Sma-BehdetItalian
Tell BalamunItalian
Tell el-BalamunItalian
البلامونPersian
البلامونSouth Azerbaijani
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