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Edfu
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Edfu (, , , ; also spelt Idfu, or in modern French as Edfou) is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately 60,000 people. Edfu is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell Edfu. About south of Edfu are remains of ancient pyramids.
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Edfu is a city in Egypt situated along the Nile River. It is located in the Aswan state and has an elevation of approximately 90 meters above sea level. The city’s native label is إدفو.
The population of Edfu is recorded as 133,772, while another source lists it as 79,510. The area operates in the Africa/Cairo time zone, which corresponds to Eastern European Time. Edfu is described in various reference works, including Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Place details
- Locality
- مدينه ادفو
- Region
- أسوان
- Country
- مصر
- Population
- 79,510
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Edfu
- Settlement.native_name
- إدفو ⲉⲧⲃⲟ
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top left: Front of Temple of Edfu, streetview, horse cab, Nile River
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Aswan Governorate
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2,304
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 86
- Settlement.population_total
- 60,000
- Settlement.population_urban
- 502,994
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_sq_mi
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|Edfu Temple Edfu is in an irrigated agricultural area, producing sugar cane and pottery. The reason to visit is the Temple of Horus, built from 237 BC. It became buried in deep sand and was therefore virtually intact (along with its inscriptions of royal history) when excavated in the 19th century.
See
thumb|Temple interior Tell Edfu, the mound next to the temple, is not much to look at but is archaeologically important. It is the earlier town and its temples, harking back to the Old Kingdom from 2800 BC.
Do
Sound and light shows are sometimes staged in the temple.
Buy
There are small stores for essentials around the town crossroads. Anything near the temple is overpriced tourist tat.
Eat
There is a string of little eating places along main drag from the Nile bridge to the temple, and south along the river bank. You are probably best going wherever the nurses from the hospital are eating.
Drink
Mint tea is always a good choice in Egypt.
Go next
Kom Ombo, a riverside temple town, is 65 km south of Edfu on the highway to Aswan. Stop off at the Silsila royal quarries on the way—the best are on the west bank. Esna, another riverside temple town, is 60 km north of Edfu on the highway to Luxor.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Ancient history
- Ancient Tell Edfu
- 3rd Dynasty Pyramid ruins
- 5th and 6th dynasties
- Temple of Horus
- Apollonopolis Magna
- 19th-century
- 20th-century
- Geography
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Edfu (, , , ; also spelt Idfu, or in modern French as Edfou) is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately 60,000 people. Edfu is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell Edfu. About south of Edfu are remains of ancient pyramids.
==Ancient history==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edfu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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