Ihnāsyā al Madīnah, Egypt
إهناسيا
Ihnāsyā al Madīnah is a town of 68,976 people in Beni Suweif, Egypt.
Why visit Ihnāsyā al Madīnah
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks in and around town.
Highlights include Herakleopolis Magna and Heracleopolis Magna.
Weather in Ihnāsyā al Madīnah
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About Ihnāsyā al Madīnah
Heracleopolis Magna (Ancient Greek: Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις, Megálē Herakléous pólis), Heracleopolis (Ἡρακλεόπολις, Herakleópolis) or Herakleoupolis (Ἡρακλεούπολις), known in Ancient Egyptian as nn nswt, is the Roman name of the capital of Noret-Khent, the 20th nome of ancient Upper Egypt. The site is located approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) west of the modern city of Beni Suef, in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt.
From the Wikipedia article Heracleopolis Magna (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks2
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Herakleopolis Magna
Monument and historic site · 1.2 km
Archaeological site in Egypt
Map of Ihnāsyā al Madīnah
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Getting there and nearby towns
Al Minya Airport (EMY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 112 km away.
- Ihnāsīyah 8 km east, about 8 min by car
- Banī Suwayf 15 km east, about 15 min by car
- Banī Suwayf al Jadīdah 18 km east, about 18 min by car
- New Bani Sewif City 18 km east, about 18 min by car
- Būsh 19 km east, about 19 min by car
- Bibā 19 km south, about 19 min by car
- Sumusţā al Waqf 21 km southwest, about 21 min by car
- Sumusţā as Sulţānī 21 km southwest, about 21 min by car
- Iţsā 22 km northwest, about 22 min by car
- 6th of October City 82 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Relieve tumba Satbahetep (M.A.N. Inv.1976-114-A-2080) 02, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Temple Heracleopolis Magna 1894, Henri Edouard Naville (1844 - 1926), Public domain
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