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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Egypt
- Population
- 60000
- Elevation
- 90
- Time zone
- Eastern European Time
- Body of water
- Nile
- Image
- Edfu 16.JPG
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- Commons category
- Edfu
- Commons gallery
- إدفو
- native label
- إدفو
- P12749
- Yukiko Kobayashi
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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)
Article · Deutsch
Edfu (arabisch إدفو, DMG Idfū; koptisch Atbô) ist eine ungefähr 128.000 Einwohner (Berechnung: 2010) zählende oberägyptische Großstadt am westlichen Nilufer, etwa 100 Kilometer nördlich von Assuan und 85 Kilometer südlich von Luxor. Seit 1969 verbindet eine Brücke im Norden der Stadt beide Seiten des Nils. Der Name Edfu leitet sich aus der altägyptischen Bezeichnung Djeba ab. Die Umgebung von Edfu ist von der Landwirtschaft geprägt, die Stadtbewohner leben jedoch im Wesentlichen vom alten Töpfereigewerbe. Daneben ist die Stadt ein Handelszentrum mit einigen Zuckerfabriken. Bekannt ist Edfu für die am westlichen Stadtrand stehende Ruine des sogenannten Horustempels. Das Bauwerk gilt als einer der am besten erhaltenen Tempel Ägyptens.
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