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Abusir Bana
Widely accepted30.9128° N · 31.2428° E

Abusir Bana

🇪🇬 Africa, Egypt

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About Abusir Bana

Abusir Bana (Egyptian Arabic: أبو صير بنا), known in ancient times as Busiris (Greek: Βούσιρις; Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ, ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ, romanized: pusiri, busiri, lit. 'house of Osiris'), is a village in Gharbia, Egypt. The population is 22,214 people, according to the official census of 2006. In antiquity, Busiris was the chief town of the Ati nome in Egypt. It stood east of Sais, near the Phatnitic mouth on the western bank of the Damietta Branch of the Nile.

The city's pharaonic name was Djedu. The modern name is a compound that combines the original name with the name of the nearby town of Bana (Egyptian Arabic: بنا, Coptic: ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲩ, lit. 'one of the donkey, ass') was added to differentiate it from other settlements of the same name spread around Egypt.

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30.9128° N · 31.2428° E

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