Egypt
Upper Egypt
Aswan Governorate

Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel in was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, growing behind the Aswan Dam, in a massive archaeological rescue plan sponsored by UNESCO in the 1960s.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt
  • Also known as: “Abu Simbel temples”, “Abu Simbel Temples”, “Abu Simbil”, “Abu Sinbil”, “Abu Sumbul”, “Great and Small Temples of Abu Simbel”, “Temples at Abu Simbel”, and “Temples of Abu Simbel”
Photo: Schaengel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Abu Simbel

Latitude
22.3371° or 22° 20′ 14″ north
Longitude
31.6259° or 31° 37′ 33″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
189 metres (620 feet)
IATA airport code
ABS
United Nations Location Code
EG ABS
Open location code
7GJH8JPG+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 594065767
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
362041
Wiki­data ID
Q134140
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Abu Simbel” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Aboe Simbel-tempels”
  • Albanian: “Abu Simbeli”
  • Albanian: “Kompleksi i Abu Simbelit”
  • Albanian: “Tempujt e Abu Simbelit”
  • Arabic: “أبو سمبل”
  • Arabic: “أبوسمبل”
  • Arabic: “ابو سمبل”
  • Arabic: “معبد أبو سمبل”
  • Arabic: “معبد أبوسمبل”
  • Arabic: “معبدا أبو سمبل”
  • Armenian: “Աբու Սիմբել”
  • Armenian: “Աբու Սիմբելի տաճարներ”
  • Asturian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Azerbaijani: “Abu-Simbel məbədi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əbu Simbəl”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əbu-Simbel məbədi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əbu-Simbel”
  • Bashkir: “Әбү Симбел”
  • Bashkir: “Әбү-Симбел”
  • Basque: “Abu Simbel”
  • Basque: “Abu Sinbel”
  • Belarusian: “Абу-Сімбел”
  • Belarusian: “Абу-Сымбэл”
  • Bengali: “আবু সিমবেল”
  • Bosnian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Bulgarian: “Абу Симбел”
  • Burmese: “အဘူစင်ဘယ်”
  • Catalan: “Abu Simbel”
  • Chinese: “拉美西斯二世神廟”
  • Chinese: “阿布西巴神庙”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛巴神庙”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛拜勒”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛拜勒神庙”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛拜勒神廟”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛貝勒”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛貝神殿”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛贝勒石窟寺”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛贝勒神庙”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛贝神庙”
  • Croatian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Czech: “Abú Simbel - Velký chrám”
  • Czech: “Abu Simbel”
  • Czech: “Abú Simbel”
  • Danish: “Abu Simbel”
  • Dutch: “Aboe Simbel tempel”
  • Dutch: “Aboe Simbel”
  • Dutch: “Abu Simbel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابو سمبل”
  • Esperanto: “Temploj de Abu Simbel”
  • Estonian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Estonian: “Abu Simbeli templid”
  • Estonian: “Abu Sunbul”
  • Estonian: “Abū Sunbul”
  • Finnish: “Abu Simbel”
  • French: “Abou Simbel”
  • French: “Abu Simbel”
  • French: “temples d’Abou Simbel”
  • French: “Temples d’Abou Simbel”
  • Galician: “Abu Simbel”
  • Georgian: “აბუ სიმბალი”
  • Georgian: “აბუ-სიმბალი”
  • Georgian: “აბუ-სიმბელი”
  • German: “Abu Simbel”
  • German: “Neu-Abu Simbel”
  • German: “Tempel von Abu Simbel”
  • Greek: “Αμπού Σιμπέλ”
  • Greek: “Αμπού Σίμπελ”
  • Hebrew: “אבו סימבל”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש אבו סימבל”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש אבו-סימבל”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש אבו־סימבל”
  • Hebrew: “מקדשי אבו סימבל”
  • Hindi: “अबू सिम्बल मन्दिर”
  • Hungarian: “Abu Szimbel-i templomok”
  • Hungarian: “Abu Szimbel”
  • Icelandic: “Hofin í Abú Simbel”
  • Igbo: “Abu Simbel”
  • Indonesian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Irish: “Abu Simbel”
  • Italian: “Abu Simbal”
  • Italian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Italian: “Abu-Simbel”
  • Italian: “Ebsambul”
  • Japanese: “アブ・シンベル神殿”
  • Japanese: “アブシンベル神殿”
  • Javanese: “Abu Simbel”
  • Kannada: “ಅಬು ಸಿಂಬೆಲ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Абу-Симбел”
  • Korean: “아부 심벨 신전”
  • Korean: “아부 심벨”
  • Korean: “아부심벨 신전”
  • Korean: “아부심벨”
  • Latin: “Templa Abu Simbel”
  • Latvian: “Abū Simbelas tempļi”
  • Lithuanian: “Abu Simbelas”
  • Lithuanian: “Abu Simbelis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Abu Simbel”
  • Macedonian: “Абу Симбел”
  • Malay: “Abu Simbel”
  • Malay: “Kuil Abu Simbel”
  • Malayalam: “Abu Simbel temples”
  • Malayalam: “അബൂ സിംബൽ”
  • Maltese: “Abu Simbel”
  • Mingrelian: “აბუ-სიმბალი”
  • Nepali: “अबु सिम्बेल देखि फिले सम्मको नुबियान धरोहर”
  • Nepali: “अबू सिम्बेलका मन्दिरहरू”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abu Simbel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abu Simbel”
  • Norwegian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Temples d’Abó Simbel”
  • Persian: “ابو سمبل”
  • Persian: “ابو سیمبل”
  • Persian: “ابوسمبل”
  • Polish: “Abu Simbel”
  • Portuguese: “Abu Simbel”
  • Portuguese: “Abu Sunbul”
  • Portuguese: “Abu-Simbel”
  • Portuguese: “Abul-Simbel”
  • Portuguese: “Monumentos Núbios de Abu Simbel a Philae”
  • Portuguese: “Templos de Abu Simbel”
  • Romanian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Russian: “Абу Симбел”
  • Russian: “Абу-Симбел”
  • Russian: “Абу-Симбель”
  • Scots: “Abu Simbel temples”
  • Serbian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Serbian: “Абу Симбел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Slovak: “Abú Sumbul”
  • Slovenian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Spanish: “Abu Simbal”
  • Spanish: “Abu Simbel”
  • Spanish: “Abú Simbel”
  • Swahili: “Mahekalu ya Abu Simbel”
  • Swedish: “Templen i Abu Simbel”
  • Tajik: “Абусимбал”
  • Tamil: “அபு சிம்பெல் கோயில்கள்”
  • Tatar: “Абу-Симбел гыйбадәтханәләре”
  • Thai: “อะบูซิมเบล”
  • Turkish: “Abu Simbel”
  • Turkish: “Ebu Simbel”
  • Turkish: “Ebû Sümbül”
  • Turkish: “İpsambol”
  • Turkish: “İpsambul”
  • Ukrainian: “Абу Симбел”
  • Ukrainian: “Абу Сімбел”
  • Ukrainian: “Абу-Симбел”
  • Ukrainian: “Храми Абу-Сімбел”
  • Urdu: “ابوسمبل”
  • Uzbek: “Abu simbal”
  • Vietnamese: “Abu Simbel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mga templo Abu Simbel”
  • Welsh: “Abu Simbel”
  • Western Panjabi: “ابوسمبل”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿布辛贝勒神庙”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿布辛貝神殿”

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