Dayr al Maymun
Dayr al-Maymūn, more known by its former name Pispir as it is referred to by Athanasius of Alexandria in his biography of St. Anthony, is a mountain in Giza Governorate, Egypt, directly east of the Nile River.- Type: Church
- Description: village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
- Also known as: “Dayr al Maymūn, Dayr al Maymun”, “Dayr al-Maymun”, “Dayr al-Maymūn”, and “Pispir”
Dayr al Maymun
- Categories: human settlement, monastery, castrum, village in Egypt, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.21667° or 29° 13′ northLongitude
31.21667° or 31° 13′ eastPopulation
1,970Open location code
7GXH6688+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 768557601OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q12212334
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Dayr al Maymun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الميمون، الجيزة”
- Arabic: “دير الميمون”
- Chinese: “庇斯比爾山”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير الميمون”
- French: “Dayr al Maymun”
- Galician: “Dayr al-Maymun”
- German: “Dair al-Maimun”
- German: “Dayr al Maymun”
- German: “Dayr al-Maymun”
- German: “Deir el-Meimun”
- German: “Deir el-Meimūn”
- Uzbek: “Dayr al-Maymūn”
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