Avaris was the capital of Egypt under the Hyksos, located at the modern archaeological site of Tell el-Dab'a in the northeastern Nile Delta, in Egypt's Sharqia Governorate. Originally founded under the 12th Dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat I, it was taken over by the Hyksos and grew into a major trade hub with a harbor capable of hosting more than 300 ships in season. It fell to the pharaoh Ahmose I in the 16th century BC, ending Hyksos rule, and was later superseded by the nearby city of Pi-Ramesses.
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Elevation (m) Latitude30.786228 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 30.7874, 31.8214
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)API response, srtm90m elevation, bandedQuote, API response, srtm90m elevation, banded
"elevation": 11.0
View the Source 2. Avaris (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 30.786228, longitude 31.82253
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.75, 31.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.75, 31.75
30.75 31.75 BWh
View the Source 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
View the Source Wikidata: Avaris
Wikidata Q309282, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Avaris (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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