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Sumusta

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Sumusta is a city in Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt, standing at about 28.92 degrees north and 30.85 degrees east. Its population was estimated at about 63,000 people in 2020, according to the city population tables for Egypt. The name of the city comes from the Greek form Sesphtha, in which the group of consonants sphth derives from the ancient Egyptian word sbtj, meaning wall, according to a study of the place names of pre-Arabic origin in modern Egypt.

Facts
Climate Zone
Dry 1
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 2
Sources
1. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Egypt
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Environment.Climate.text
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desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
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2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Cairo
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Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
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Sumusta (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Egypt, Lead
    is a city in the Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead, placement in its subregion
    is a city in the Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt.
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Egypt (Wikipedia)
On Continent: Africa, Lead
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Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa
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