Al-Wasta
Al-Wasta is a town in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt and has about 57,900 residents. Al-Wasta is situated near the village Geziret al Masada, as well as near the neighborhood Al Mostashfa Housing.- Type: Town with 57,900 residents
- Description: town in Beni Suef governorate in Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Wasitah”, “Al Wāsiţah, Al Wasitah”, “al-Wasita”, “Al-Wasitah”, “al-Wasta”, “El Wasta”, “El Wāsta”, “Wasita”, “Wasta”, “Эль-Васта”, “الواسطة”, “الوَاسطى”, and “الواسطي”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meidoum.
Meidoum
Village
Meidum, Maydum or Maidum is an archaeological site in Lower Egypt. Meidoum is situated 5 km northwest of Al-Wasta.
Al-Wasta
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Faiyum Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.3378° or 29° 20′ 16″ north
Longitude
31.2056° or 31° 12′ 20″ east
Population
57,900
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
7GXH86Q4+46
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Al-Wasta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الواسطى”
- Cebuano: “Al Wāsiţah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الواسطى”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة الواسطى”
- French: “Al-Wasitah”
- German: “Al-Wasitah”
- German: “al-Wasta”
- German: “Wāsṭā”
- Kazakh: “Васта қаласы”
- Persian: “واسطی”
- Polish: “Al-Wasita”
- Russian: “Васта”
- Swedish: “Al Wāsiţah”
- Swedish: “Al Wasta”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Al Wasta City and Geziret al Masada.
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Highlights: Al Wasta Train Station and Al-Wasitah.
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