Belbis
Sign in to saveBilbeis ( ; Bohairic ') is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern Nile Delta in Egypt, the site of the ancient city and former bishopric of Phelbes''' and a Latin Catholic titular see. It is located 20 km from the city of 10th of Ramadan and roughly 50 km from the city of Cairo.
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Belbis, also known as Bilbeis, is a city in Egypt located within the Sharqia administrative region. It serves as the capital of Markaz Belbis and sits at an elevation of 17 meters above sea level. The city is situated in the Africa/Cairo time zone, which corresponds to UTC+02:00.
According to available data, the population of Belbis is recorded as 198,167, while another source lists it as 185,237. The city has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Place details
- Locality
- بلبيس
- Region
- الشرقية
- Country
- مصر
- Population
- 185,237
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bilbeis
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Belbeis (2).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 275px
- Settlement.nickname
- Eastern gate of Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sharqia Governorate
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 337.0
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 12
- Settlement.population_total
- 895,017
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Markaz Belbis
- Population
- 129657
- Elevation
- 17
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Markaz Belbis
- Image
- Belbeis (2).jpg
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- Commons category
- Bilbeis
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Accra
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Places of worship
- Mosques
- Churches
- Ecclesiastical history
- Titular see
- Climate
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Bilbeis ( ; Bohairic ') is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern Nile Delta in Egypt, the site of the ancient city and former bishopric of Phelbes''' and a Latin Catholic titular see. It is located 20 km from the city of 10th of Ramadan and roughly 50 km from the city of Cairo.
The city is small in size but densely populated, with over 407,300 residents. It also houses the Egyptian Air Force Academy complex, which contains the town's largest public school in Al-Zafer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belbis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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