Ptolemais Hermiou

Ptolemais Hermiou, or Ptolemais in the Thebaid, was a city and metropolitan archbishopric in Greco-Roman and remains a Catholic titular see. Today, the city of El Mansha -Bsoi in the is located where the ancient city used to be.
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  • Type: ancient city
  • Description: ancient city in Egypt
  • Also known as: El-Monshaeh”, “Markaz al Minshāh”, “Markaz al Munsha’ah”, “Markaz al Munshāh”, and “Markaz el Minshâh

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Esayrat.

Village
El Usayrat is a small city in the of . It is situated near , on the east bank of the Nile. It used to be part of El Monshah, but became a separate city in 2008. is situated 6 km southeast of Ptolemais Hermiou.

Ptolemais Hermiou

Latitude
26.4272° or 26° 25′ 38″ north
Longitude
31.7706° or 31° 46′ 14″ east
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
Open location code
7GRHCQGC+V6
Geo­Names ID
360699
Wiki­data ID
Q1302772
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Ptolemais Hermiou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: المنشأة
  • Arabic: المنشاة (سوهاج)
  • Arabic: المنشاة
  • Arabic: مدينة المنشأة
  • Arabic: مركز المنشأة
  • Arabic: مركز المنشاة
  • Arabic: مركز المنشاه
  • Arabic: منشاة
  • Azerbaijani: Ptolemey Hermi
  • Belarusian: Пталемэс Герміу
  • Belarusian: Эль Манша
  • Catalan: Ptolemaida de la Tebaida
  • Catalan: Ptolemaida Hermiu
  • Chinese: 托勒密荷米欧
  • Chinese: 托勒密荷米歐
  • Chinese: 托勒密赫米欧
  • Chinese: 托勒密赫米歐
  • Chinese: 托勒密赫墨
  • Danish: Ptolemais Hermiou
  • Dutch: Ptolemais Hermiou
  • Egyptian Arabic: مدينة بطلميس
  • Finnish: Ptolemais
  • French: Ptolémaïs
  • German: Ptolemais Hermeiou
  • Greek: Πτολεμαΐδα Ερμία
  • Greek: Πτολεμαΐδα Θηβαΐδας
  • Hebrew: פטולמאיס
  • Irish: Ptolemais Hermiou
  • Italian: Tolemaide d’Egitto
  • Italian: Tolemaide di Tebaide
  • Japanese: イル・マンシャ
  • Japanese: プトレマイサ・エルミア
  • Japanese: プトレマイス・ヘルミオウ
  • Persian: منشاه
  • Polish: Ptolemais Hermiou
  • Portuguese: Ptolemaida Hérmia
  • Portuguese: Ptolemais Hermiou
  • Russian: Птолемаида Великая
  • Russian: Птолемаида Гермийская
  • Russian: Птолемаида Фиваидская
  • Russian: Птолемаида
  • Slovenian: Ptolemaida, Egipt
  • South Azerbaijani: منشاه
  • Spanish: Ptolemaida Hermia
  • Swedish: Ptolemais Hermiou
  • Zulu: Ptolemais Hermiou

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