Abu Simbel City

Abu Simbel is a village in the part of , located approximately 240 km southwest of and near the Egypt–Sudan border. As of 2012, it has about 2,600 inhabitants.
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  • Type: City with 2,540 residents
  • Description: village in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Abu Simbel” and “Ibsambul”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abu Simbel and Abu Simbel Airport.

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in was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, growing behind the Aswan Dam, in a massive archaeological rescue plan sponsored by UNESCO in the 1960s.

Aerodrome
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a regional in , . It also serves the Abu Simbel village. In 2011, it served 119,326 passengers.

Abu Simbel City

Latitude
22.3613° or 22° 21′ 41″ north
Longitude
31.6155° or 31° 36′ 56″ east
Population
2,540
Open location code
7GJH9J68+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 245291783
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Wiki­data ID
Q6655437
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Satellite Map

Discover Abu Simbel City from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Abu Simbel City” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبو سمبل”
  • Arabic: “أبو سنبل”
  • Arabic: “مدينة أبو سمبل”
  • Cebuano: “Abū Sunbul”
  • Chinese: “阿布辛贝”
  • Dutch: “Aboe Simbel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “أبو سمبل”
  • Esperanto: “Abu Simbel”
  • Estonian: “Abū Sunbul”
  • French: “Abou Simbel”
  • Georgian: “აბუ-სიმბალი”
  • German: “Abu Simbel”
  • German: “Neu-Abu Simbel”
  • German: “Stadt Abu Simbel”
  • Hebrew: “אבו סימבל”
  • Hindi: “अबू सिम्बल शहर”
  • Hungarian: “Abu Szimbel”
  • Igbo: “Abụ Simbel”
  • Igbo: “Ibsambul”
  • Italian: “Abu Simbel”
  • Japanese: “アブ・シンベル”
  • Mapudungun: “abu simbel”
  • Mingrelian: “აბუ-სიმბალი (ნოღა)”
  • Mingrelian: “აბუ-სიმბალი”
  • Polish: “Abu Sunbul”
  • Portuguese: “Abu Simbel”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Abu Simbel”
  • Russian: “Абу-Симбел”
  • Slovak: “Abu Simbel”
  • Spanish: “Abu Simbel”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Abu Simbel”
  • Swahili: “Abu Simbel”
  • Swahili: “Ibsambul”
  • Swedish: “Abu Simbel”
  • Tamil: “அபு சிம்பெல்”
  • Tatar: “Әбү Симбел авылы”
  • Ukrainian: “Абу-Сімбел сіті”
  • Ukrainian: “Абу-Сімбел”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Abu Simbel”

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Notable Places Nearby

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