Sahel
Sudan
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Semna

The region of Semna is 15 miles south of and is situated where rocks cross the Nile narrowing its flow—the Semna Cataract. Semna was a fortified area established in the reign of Senusret I on the west bank of the Nile at the southern end of a series of Middle Kingdom fortresses founded during the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt in the area of Lower Nubia.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: ancient Egyptian archaeological site in Sudan
  • Also known as: “Semna East”

Semna

Latitude
21.46667° or 21° 28′ north
Longitude
31.01667° or 31° 1′ east
Elevation
224 metres (735 feet)
Open location code
7GHHF288+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7730424526
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
367456
Wiki­data ID
Q1485667
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Semna” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سمنة”
  • Basque: “Semna”
  • Catalan: “Semna”
  • Dutch: “Semna”
  • French: “Forteresses de Semna”
  • German: “Semna”
  • Hungarian: “Szemna”
  • Italian: “Semna”
  • Japanese: “セムナ”
  • Polish: “Semna”
  • Spanish: “Semna”

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