El Balyana

El Balyana is a town in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. It lies on the west bank of the Nile and is situated near the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos. According to the source, the modern name comes from a Coptic distortion of a Greek name, Polybius, and the Coptic form is given as Tpolubiane. The history section explains that El Balyana was formerly a village belonging to the city of Bardes, or to the region of Bardes, and that early in the last century it was transferred to the center of the town of Balyana, after which Bardes became a village belonging to the city of Balyana. The article lists the town among the cities and towns of Egypt.