Antinoöpolis
Antinoöpolis was a city founded at an older Egyptian village by the Roman emperor Hadrian to commemorate his deified young beloved, Antinoüs, on the east bank of the Nile, not far from the site in Upper Egypt where Antinoüs drowned in 130 AD.
- Archaeological site
- …has about 7,160 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 52 metres (171 feet)
- Description: ancient city in Egypt
- Also known as“Ash Shaykh ‘Ibādah”“El Sheikh ‘Ibâda”“el-Scheich Ibada”“Esh Sheikh ‘Ibāda”“Roman circus of Antinoopolis”“Sheik Abāda”“Sheikh ‘Ibada”
- Historically known as“Antino딓Antinopolis”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deir Abu Hinnis and Deir El Bersha.
Deir Abu Hinnis
Deir Abu Hinnis is a village in the Minya Governorate, Egypt, on the eastern side of the Nile.
3 km southeast of Antinoöpolis
Deir El Bersha
Deir El Bersha is a Coptic village in Middle Egypt, in the Minya Governorate.
6 km south of Antinoöpolis
El-Ashmunein
Hermopolis was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt.
Antinoöpolis
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Latitude
27.81019° or 27° 48′ 37″ north
Longitude
30.88581° or 30° 53′ 9″ east
Open location code
7GVGRV6P+38
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Antinoöpolis” goes by many names.
AntinoöpolisAfrikaans
أنتينوبوليسArabic
أنطينوبوليسArabic
الشيخ عبادةArabic
الشيخ عباده، المنياArabic
АнтынопальBelarusian
AntinòupolisCatalan
安提諾波利斯Chinese
安提諾波利斯城Chinese
安提诺波利斯城Chinese
AntinoöpolisDutch
el-Scheich IbadaDutch
انتينوبوليسEgyptian Arabic
AntinoopolisoEsperanto
AntinoopolisFinnish
ანტიოპოლისიGeorgian
ΑντινοόπολιςGreek
Ἀντινόου πόλις (historical)Greek
אנטינופוליסHebrew
Antinopoli (historical)Italian
アンティノポリスJapanese
AntinoopolisLatin
AntinoöpolisNorwegian Bokmål
آنتیپولیسPersian
آنتینوپولیسPersian
AntinoopolisPolish
АнтинопольRussian
АнтинопољSerbian
AntinopolisSlovenian
آنتیپولیسSouth Azerbaijani
AntinoëSwahili
AntinoopolisSwahili
el-Scheich IbadaSwahili
Sheik AbādaSwahili
Sheikh ‘IbadaSwahili
AntinopolisSwedish
AntinopolisTurkish
АнтинопольUkrainian
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