El Quseir
El Qoseir is a city in eastern Egypt, located on the Red Sea west coast. Populated for approximately 5,000 years, its ancient Egyptian name was Tjau, while its ancient Greek name during the Ptolemaic era was Myos Hormos.
- City with about 24,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
- Description: city in Red Sea, Egypt
- Also known as“Al-Qusayr, Egypt”“El Qoseir”“Koseir”“Leucus Limen”“Qosier”“Qosseir”
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Latitude
26.1048° or 26° 6′ 17″ north
Longitude
34.2798° or 34° 16′ 47″ east
UN/LOCODE
EG AQU
Open location code
7GRP473H+WW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“El Quseir” goes by many names.
القُصْيرArabic
Էլ-ՔուսեյրArmenian
El-QuseirAsturian
КусейрBelarusian
Эль-КусейрBelarusian
El-QuseirCatalan
Al QuşayrCebuano
QuseirCzech
El QuseirDutch
القصيرEgyptian Arabic
مدينة القصيرEgyptian Arabic
Αλ ΚουσαΐρGreek
קוסיירHebrew
अल क़ोसियरHindi
KuszeirHungarian
Al QuseirItalian
El QuseirItalian
KosseirItalian
QuseirItalian
アル＝クサイルJapanese
紅海Japanese
Élʹ-Kwseýr qalasıKazakh
Эль-Кусейр қаласыKazakh
ەل-كۋسەير قالاسىKazakh
القصیرPersian
قصیرPersian
قصیر (استان بحر الاحمر)Persian
Al-KusajrPolish
Аль-КусайраRussian
КусейрRussian
Эль-КусейрRussian
Al QusayrScots
Al-QusairScots
Ел КусејрSerbian
El KusejrSerbo-Croatian
القصیرSouth Azerbaijani
El QuseirSwedish
El Quseir, EgyptenSwedish
Ель-КусейрUkrainian
КусейрUkrainian
قصیرUrdu
قصیر (مصر)Urdu
El QoseirZulu
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