El Quseyya
El Quseyya is a city in Egypt. In ancient times it was known as Cusae or Qesy. The city is in Asyut Governorate.
- Type: Town with 99,600 residents
- Description: city
- Also known as: “Al Qusiya”, “Al Qusiyah”, “Al-Qūsiyyah”, “Cusae”, “Cusæ”, “Cuse”, “El Qūsīya”, “El Qūsīya, Al Qusiya”, “Kusae”, “Kúzy”, “Qis”, “Qusae”, “القوصيه”, “قوصي”, “قوصية”, and “قوصيه”
El Quseyya
- Categories: city, archaeological site, and locality
- Location: Asyut Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
27.439° or 27° 26′ 21″ north
Longitude
30.8162° or 30° 48′ 58″ east
Population
99,600
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Open location code
7GVGCRQ8+JF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“El Quseyya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القوصية”
- Asturian: “Cusae”
- Catalan: “Al Qusiya”
- Catalan: “Al-Qusiya”
- Cebuano: “Al Qūşīyah”
- Croatian: “Kis”
- Dutch: “Cusae”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القوصية”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة القوصية”
- French: “Cusae”
- French: “El Qusiya”
- French: “El-Qusiya”
- Galician: “Al-Qusia”
- Georgian: “ქუზეა”
- German: “Al-Qusiyya”
- German: “Qusija”
- German: “Qūṣīya”
- Greek: “Κουσάι”
- Italian: “Cusae”
- Lithuanian: “Kusai”
- Malagasy: “Al Qūşīyah”
- Persian: “القوصیه”
- Polish: “Al Kusijja”
- Polish: “Al-Kusijja”
- Russian: “Эль Кусия”
- Russian: “Эль-Кусия”
- Slovak: “Kes”
- South Azerbaijani: “القوصیه”
- Spanish: “Cusae”
- Swahili: “Cusae”
- Swedish: “Al Qūşīyah”
- Swedish: “al-Qusiyya”
- Swedish: “Al-Qusiyya”
- Urdu: “القوصیہ”
- Uzbek: “Al-Quvsiyya”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sunbo and Um el Qusur.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: مسجد عموم المساجد and Church of the Great Saint John the Baptist in Qusiyah.
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