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.
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  • Type: Hill
  • Description: village in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: Diospolis Parva”, “El-Koln el-Aḥmar”, “Sema-behdet”, “Tall al Balamun”, “Tall al Balāmūn”, and “Tell el-Balâmûn

Tell el-Balamun

Latitude
31.26205° or 31° 15′ 43″ north
Longitude
31.57403° or 31° 34′ 27″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8G3H7H6F+RJ
Geo­Names ID
359324
Wiki­data ID
Q2402247
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Spanish—“Tell el-Balamun” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Διόσπολις Κάτω
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Διόσπολις Μικρά
  • Arabic: البلامون، الدقهلية
  • Arabic: البلامون
  • Arabic: بلامون
  • Arabic: تل البلامون
  • Arabic: قرية البلامون
  • Catalan: Al-Balamun
  • Catalan: Diòspolis Inferior
  • Catalan: El-Balamun
  • Dutch: Tell el-Balamun
  • Egyptian Arabic: البلامون
  • Finnish: Diospolis Katō
  • Finnish: Diospolis Mikra
  • Finnish: Pa-iu-en-Amon
  • Finnish: Waset-mehet
  • French: Tell el-Balamoun
  • German: Tell el-Balamun
  • Italian: Diospolis Inferior
  • Italian: Paiuenamon
  • Italian: Sma-Behdet
  • Italian: Tell Balamun
  • Italian: Tell el-Balamun
  • Persian: البلامون
  • South Azerbaijani: البلامون
  • Spanish: Al-Balamun
  • Spanish: Behdet
  • Spanish: Diospolis Inferior
  • Spanish: Paiuenamon
  • Spanish: Smabehdet
  • Spanish: Tell el-Balamun

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