Edfu

Edfu is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between and , with a population of approximately 60,000 people. Edfu is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell Edfu.
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  • Town with 166,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 90 metres (295 feet)
  • Description: Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River
  • Also known as
    “Behdet”
    “Idfū”
    “Idfu Baḥari”
    “Idfū Baḩri”
    “Idfu, Idfu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of Edfu.

Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, .

Edfu

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Latitude
24.9803° or 24° 58′ 49″ north
Longitude
32.8747° or 32° 52′ 29″ east
Open location code
7GPJXVJF+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768078792
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
355635
Wiki­data ID
Q239107

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Edfu” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኤድፉ”
  • Arabic: “Edfu”
  • Arabic: “إدفو”
  • Arabic: “ادفو”
  • Armenian: “Իդֆու”
  • Asturian: “Edfu”
  • Azerbaijani: “İdfu”
  • Basque: “Edfu”
  • Bulgarian: “Аполинополис Магна”
  • Bulgarian: “Бехдет”
  • Bulgarian: “Бехедет”
  • Bulgarian: “Джеб”
  • Bulgarian: “Едфу”
  • Catalan: “Apollinopolis Magna”
  • Catalan: “Apol·linòpolis Magna”
  • Catalan: “Apollonopolis Magna”
  • Catalan: “Apol·lonòpolis Magna”
  • Catalan: “Apollonos Superioris”
  • Catalan: “Behdet”
  • Catalan: “Behedet”
  • Catalan: “Djeba”
  • Catalan: “Edfu”
  • Catalan: “Edfú”
  • Catalan: “Idfu”
  • Catalan: “Idfú”
  • Cebuano: “Idfū”
  • Chinese: “伊德富”
  • Chinese: “埃德富”
  • Croatian: “Edfu”
  • Czech: “Edfu”
  • Dutch: “Edfoe”
  • Dutch: “Edfu”
  • Dutch: “Idfoe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “إدفو”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ادفو”
  • Esperanto: “Edfu”
  • Finnish: “Edfu”
  • Finnish: “Idfu”
  • French: “Edfou”
  • French: “Idfu”
  • Galician: “Edfu”
  • German: “Apollinopolis Magna”
  • German: “Apollonospolis”
  • German: “Edfu”
  • German: “Idfu”
  • Greek: “Εντφού”
  • Hebrew: “אדפו”
  • Hungarian: “Edfu”
  • Indonesian: “Edfu”
  • Irish: “Idfu”
  • Italian: “Apollinopolis Magna”
  • Italian: “Behdet”
  • Italian: “Behedet”
  • Italian: “Djebat”
  • Italian: “Edfu”
  • Italian: “Idfu”
  • Japanese: “エドフ”
  • Kazakh: “Édfw”
  • Kazakh: “Эдфу қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Эдфу”
  • Kazakh: “ەدفۋ”
  • Korean: “에드푸”
  • Latin: “Apollinopolis Magna”
  • Latin: “Apollonopolis Magna”
  • Lithuanian: “Apolinopolis”
  • Lithuanian: “Behdet”
  • Lithuanian: “Džeba”
  • Lithuanian: “Edfu”
  • Lithuanian: “Idfu”
  • Luxembourgish: “Edfu”
  • Malagasy: “Idfū”
  • Malay: “Edfu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Idfu”
  • Norwegian: “Idfu”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Edfó”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Edfu”
  • Persian: “ادفو”
  • Polish: “Apollonopolis Magna”
  • Polish: “Behdet”
  • Polish: “Behedet”
  • Polish: “Edfu”
  • Polish: “Idfu”
  • Portuguese: “Behdet”
  • Portuguese: “Behedet”
  • Portuguese: “Edfu”
  • Portuguese: “Tell Edfu”
  • Russian: “Аджба”
  • Russian: “Аполлинополь Великий”
  • Russian: “Атбо”
  • Russian: “Бехдет”
  • Russian: “Идфу”
  • Russian: “Эдфу”
  • Scots: “Edfu”
  • Serbian: “Едфу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Edfu”
  • Slovak: “Edfu”
  • Slovenian: “Edfu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ادفو”
  • Spanish: “Apolinopolis Magna”
  • Spanish: “Apolinópolis Magna”
  • Spanish: “Apolinopolis”
  • Spanish: “Apolinópolis”
  • Spanish: “Behdet”
  • Spanish: “Edfu”
  • Spanish: “Edfú”
  • Swahili: “Behdet”
  • Swahili: “Edfu”
  • Swahili: “Idfu”
  • Swahili: “Idfū”
  • Swedish: “Edfo”
  • Swedish: “Edfu”
  • Swedish: “Idfu”
  • Swedish: “Idfū”
  • Tajik: “Идфу”
  • Turkish: “Edfu”
  • Ukrainian: “Аполлінополь Великий”
  • Ukrainian: “Едфу”
  • Urdu: “ادفو”
  • Venetian: “Edfu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Edfu”
  • Zulu: “Edfu”

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