North Africa
Egypt
Qalyubia Governorate

Leontopolis

Leontopolis is the Koine Greek name of a city that may correspond to either the modern area of Tell el Yehudiye or Tell el-Yahudiya. It was an ancient city of in the 13th nome of on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Tell el-Yahudiya” and “Tell el-Yahudiyya”

Leontopolis

Latitude
30.2934° or 30° 17′ 36″ north
Longitude
31.33262° or 31° 19′ 57″ east
Open location code
8G2H78VM+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11709402922
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q2372919
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Leontopolis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تل المقدام”
  • Arabic: “تل اليهودية”
  • Arabic: “ليونتوبوليس (مصر الجديدة)”
  • Arabic: “ليونتوبوليس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليونتوبوليس”
  • Finnish: “Leontopolis”
  • Finnish: “Nai-ta-hut”
  • French: “Tell el-Yahoudieh”
  • French: “Tell el-Yahoudiyèh”
  • German: “Tell el-Yahudiya”
  • Greek: “Λεοντόπολις Ηλιουπολίτικη”
  • Greek: “Λεόντων πόλις”
  • Hebrew: “לאונטופוליס”
  • Italian: “Leontopoli”
  • Italian: “Leontopolis”
  • Italian: “Tell el-Yahudiya”
  • Portuguese: “Leontópolis”
  • Portuguese: “Templo judaico de Leontópolis”
  • Russian: “Леонтополис”
  • Russian: “Тель-эль-Иегудия”
  • Russian: “Тель-эль-Иехудия”
  • Russian: “Тель-эль-Ягуди”
  • Russian: “Тель-эль-Яхудия”
  • Spanish: “Leontopolis”
  • Spanish: “Leontópolis”

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