Beni Suef
Beni Suef is a city in Middle Egypt, some 115 km south of Cairo. Known for its linen manufacturing in the Middle Ages, it remains a centre for cotton-spinning and carpet production. For visitors, the town's appeal lies in the many impressive mansions.Photo: shaimaa ahmed saleh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: City with 220,000 residents
- Description: City in Egypt
- Also known as: “Beni Sue”, “Beni Sue, Beni Sue, Beni Souef, Bani Suwayf”, “Beni Suweif”, and “Beni-souef”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beni Suef Museum.
Beni Suef
- Categories: big city and locality
- Location: Beni Suweif Governorate, Middle Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.073° or 29° 4′ 23″ northLongitude
31.0983° or 31° 5′ 54″ eastPopulation
220,000Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)United Nations Location Code
EG BENOpen location code
7GXH33FX+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 768586066OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Beni Suef” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بني سويف”
- Arabic: “مدينة بني سويف”
- Armenian: “Բենի Սուեյֆ”
- Asturian: “Beni Suef”
- Belarusian: “Бені-Суэйф”
- Belarusian: “Бэні Суеф”
- Belarusian: “Бэні-Суеф”
- Bengali: “বেনি সোয়েফ”
- Bulgarian: “Бени Суеф”
- Catalan: “Bani Suwayf”
- Catalan: “Beni Souef”
- Catalan: “Beni Suaif”
- Catalan: “Beni Suef”
- Catalan: “Beni Sueif”
- Catalan: “Beni Swaif”
- Catalan: “Beni Sweif”
- Catalan: “Panisuf”
- Cebuano: “Banī Suwayf”
- Chinese: “貝尼蘇韋夫”
- Chinese: “贝尼苏韦夫”
- Czech: “Baní Suwajf”
- Danish: “Beni Suef”
- Dutch: “Beni Suef”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بنى سويف”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بني سويف”
- Esperanto: “Beni Suefo”
- Estonian: “Banī Suwayf”
- Finnish: “Bani Suwaif”
- Finnish: “Bani Sweif”
- Finnish: “Beni Suef”
- French: “Bani Suwayf”
- French: “Beni Souef”
- French: “Béni Souef”
- French: “Beni Suef”
- French: “Beni-Suef”
- Georgian: “ბანი-სუაფი”
- German: “Bani Suwaif”
- German: “Banī Suwaif”
- German: “Beni Suef”
- Greek: “Μπένι Σουέφ”
- Gujarati: “બેની સુઇફ”
- Hebrew: “בני סוויף”
- Hebrew: “בני סויף”
- Hindi: “बानी स्विफ़”
- Hindi: “बेनी सुएफ़”
- Hungarian: “Bani Szuvajf”
- Indonesian: “Beni Suef”
- Irish: “Beni Suef”
- Italian: “Beni Suef”
- Japanese: “ベニ・スエフ”
- Japanese: “ベニスエフ”
- Kabyle: “Bani Swayf”
- Kannada: “ಬೆನಿ ಸ್ಯೂಫ್”
- Korean: “베니수에프”
- Latvian: “Beni Sueifa”
- Lithuanian: “Bani Suveifas”
- Lithuanian: “Beni Sueifas”
- Malay: “Beni Suef”
- Marathi: “बेनी सुएफ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beni Suef”
- Norwegian: “Beni Suef”
- Persian: “بنی سویف”
- Polish: “Bani Suwajf”
- Portuguese: “Beni Suef”
- Russian: “Бени Суэйф”
- Russian: “Бени-Суэйф”
- Russian: “Бени-Суэф”
- Scots: “Beni Suef”
- Serbian: “Beni Suejf”
- Serbian: “Бени Суејф”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Beni Suejf”
- Sinhala: “බෙනි සුඑෆ්”
- Slovenian: “Beni Suef”
- South Azerbaijani: “بنی سویف”
- Spanish: “Beni Suef”
- Spanish: “Beni Sweif”
- Swahili: “Beni Suef”
- Swedish: “Bani Suwayf”
- Swedish: “Banī Suwayf”
- Swedish: “Beni Suef”
- Tamil: “பெனி ஸுஐப்”
- Telugu: “బెని సుఎఫ్”
- Thai: “บะนีซุวัยฟ์”
- Turkish: “Beni Suef”
- Turkish: “Beni Suveyf”
- Turkish: “Beni Süveyf”
- Ukrainian: “Бені Суейф”
- Ukrainian: “Бені-Суейф”
- Urdu: “بنی سویف”
- Uzbek: “Banisueyf”
- Venetian: “Beni Suef”
- Vietnamese: “Beni Suef”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bani Suwayf”
- Waray (Philippines): “Beni Suef”
- Western Armenian: “Պենի Սուէյֆ”
- Zulu: “Beni Suef”
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