Place:Sumusta

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Sumusta

سمسطا
city
Sumusta is located in Egypt
Sumusta
Sumusta
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] : 28°55′15″N 30°51′13″E / 28.920814°N 30.853626°E / 28.920814; 30.853626
Country Egypt
GovernorateBeni Suef
Population
 (2020)
 • Total63,331
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EST)

Sumusta (Arabic: سمسطا) is a city in the Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at 63,000 people in 2020.[1]

The name of the city comes from Ancient Greek:, where -σφθ- comes from Ancient Egyptian: sbtj, lit. 'wall'.[2]

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