Tell el-Balamun

Tell el-Balamun first known as Smabehdet, is an ancient city in Egypt dating from 2400 BC. It was once a port city on an estuary of the Nile, but is now inland of the Mediterranean Sea.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: village in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Diospolis Parva” and “Sema-behdet”

Tell el-Balamun

Latitude
31.25988° or 31° 15′ 36″ north
Longitude
31.57313° or 31° 34′ 23″ east
Open location code
8G3H7H5F+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1125521445
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q2402247
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Tell el-Balamun” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Διόσπολις Κάτω”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Διόσπολις Μικρά”
  • Arabic: “البلامون، الدقهلية”
  • Arabic: “البلامون”
  • Arabic: “بلامون”
  • Arabic: “قرية البلامون”
  • Catalan: “Al-Balamun”
  • Catalan: “Diòspolis Inferior”
  • Catalan: “El-Balamun”
  • Dutch: “Tell el-Balamun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البلامون”
  • Finnish: “Diospolis Katō”
  • Finnish: “Diospolis Mikra”
  • Finnish: “Pa-iu-en-Amon”
  • Finnish: “Waset-mehet”
  • French: “Tell el-Balamoun”
  • German: “Tell el-Balamun”
  • Italian: “Diospolis Inferior”
  • Italian: “Paiuenamon”
  • Italian: “Sma-Behdet”
  • Italian: “Tell Balamun”
  • Italian: “Tell el-Balamun”
  • Persian: “البلامون”
  • South Azerbaijani: “البلامون”
  • Spanish: “Al-Balamun”
  • Spanish: “Behdet”
  • Spanish: “Diospolis Inferior”
  • Spanish: “Paiuenamon”
  • Spanish: “Smabehdet”
  • Spanish: “Tell el-Balamun”
  • Urdu: “تل البلامون”

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