Qantir
Sign in to saveQantir () is a village in Egypt. Qantir is believed to mark what was probably the ancient site of the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II's capital, Pi-Ramesses or Per-Ramesses ("House or Domain of Ramesses"). It is situated around north of Faqous in the Sharqiyah province of the eastern Nile Delta, about north-east of Cairo.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qantir
- Settlement.native_name
- قنتير
- Settlement.type
- Cidade
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.timezone1
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +2
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset1_DST
- +3
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Lower Egypt-en.png
- Settlement.image_caption
- Map of Lower Egypt showing Avaris, near Qantir/Pi-Ramesses
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sharqia
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 13660
- Elevation
- 10
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Qantir () is a village in Egypt. Qantir is believed to mark what was probably the ancient site of the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II's capital, Pi-Ramesses or Per-Ramesses ("House or Domain of Ramesses"). It is situated around north of Faqous in the Sharqiyah province of the eastern Nile Delta, about north-east of Cairo.
The Arabic name of the village contains .
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