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 where Antinoüs drowned in 130 AD.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …has 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
    “Antinoë”
    “Antinopolis”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deir Abu Hinnis and Deir El Bersha.

Village
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is a village in the , Egypt, on the eastern side of the Nile. is situated 3 km southeast of Antinoöpolis.

Village
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is a Coptic village in , in the . is situated 6 km south of Antinoöpolis.

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Hermopolis was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between and .

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
way 482409345
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
359989
Wiki­data ID
Q124281

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Antinoöpolis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Antinoöpolis”
  • Arabic: “أنتينوبوليس”
  • Arabic: “أنطينوبوليس”
  • Arabic: “الشيخ عبادة”
  • Arabic: “الشيخ عباده، المنيا”
  • Belarusian: “Антынопаль”
  • Catalan: “Antinòupolis”
  • Chinese: “安提諾波利斯”
  • Chinese: “安提諾波利斯城”
  • Chinese: “安提诺波利斯城”
  • Dutch: “Antinoöpolis”
  • Dutch: “el-Scheich Ibada”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انتينوبوليس”
  • Esperanto: “Antinoopoliso”
  • Finnish: “Antinoopolis”
  • French: “Antinoé”
  • French: “Antinoë”
  • French: “Antinoupolis”
  • French: “Sheik Abāda”
  • French: “Sheikh ‘Ibada”
  • Georgian: “ანტიოპოლისი”
  • German: “Antinoe”
  • German: “Antinooupolis”
  • German: “Antinoupolis”
  • German: “asch-Schaich ʿIbāda”
  • German: “asch-Scheich Ibada”
  • German: “Scheich ʿIbāda”
  • Greek: “Αντινοόπολις”
  • Greek: “Ἀντινόου πόλις” (historical)
  • Hebrew: “אנטינופוליס”
  • Italian: “Antinopoli” (historical)
  • Japanese: “アンティノポリス”
  • Latin: “Antinoopolis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Antinoöpolis”
  • Persian: “آنتیپولیس”
  • Persian: “آنتینوپولیس”
  • Polish: “Antinoopolis”
  • Portuguese: “Antinoópolis”
  • Russian: “Антинополь”
  • Serbian: “Антинопољ”
  • Slovenian: “Antinopolis”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آنتیپولیس”
  • Spanish: “Antinoopolis”
  • Spanish: “Antinoópolis”
  • Swahili: “Antinoe”
  • Swahili: “Antinoë”
  • Swahili: “Antinoopolis”
  • Swahili: “el-Scheich Ibada”
  • Swahili: “Sheik Abāda”
  • Swahili: “Sheikh ‘Ibada”
  • Swedish: “Antinopolis”
  • Turkish: “Antinopolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Антинополь”

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