Antinoopolis was an ancient city in Upper Egypt, in the Minya Governorate, on the eastern bank of the Nile nearly opposite Hermopolis Magna. The Roman emperor Hadrian founded it on the site of the older Egyptian village of Besa to honor his companion Antinous, who had drowned nearby in 130 AD and whom Hadrian deified. The city included a triumphal arch and was linked by the Via Hadriana to the Red Sea port of Berenice Troglodytica.
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Founding Year Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikidata: Antinoopolis
Wikidata Q124281, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Wikipedia (Arabic): أنطينوبوليس
3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Egypt
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Environment.Climate.textQuote, Environment.Climate.text
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Cairo; EG has this one zone in zone1970.tabQuote, Zone Africa/Cairo; EG has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct ... 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
Antinoopolis (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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