Kom Ombo
كوم أمبو | |
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.jpg) Tour boats at the Temple of Kom Ombo | |
  Kom Ombo Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 24°28′N 32°57′E / 24.467°N 32.950°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Aswan Governorate |
| Area | |
| • Total | 415 sq mi (1,076 km2) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 409,311 |
| • Density | 990/sq mi (380/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Kom Ombo (Egyptian Arabic: كوم أمبو; Coptic: ⲙ̄ⲃⲱ əmbō or ⲛ̄ⲃⲱ ənbō;[2] Ancient Greek: Ὄμβοι Omboi [3][4][5] or Ὄμβος Ombos;[6] or Latin: Ambo[7] and Ombi) is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom Ombo. It was originally an Egyptian city called Nubt, meaning City of Gold (not to be confused with the city north of Naqada that was also called Nubt/Ombos). Nubt is also known as Nubet or Nubyt (Nbyt).[8] It became a Greek settlement during the Greco-Roman Period. The town's location on the Nile, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Aswan (Syene), gave it some control over trade routes from Nubia to the Nile Valley, but its main rise to prominence came with the erection of the Temple of Kom Ombo in the 2nd century BC.
- ^ a b "Kawm Umbū (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Omboi (Kom Ombo)". Trismegistos.
- ^ Ptol. iv. 5. § 73
- ^ Steph. B. s. v.
- ^ It. Anton. p. 165
- ^ Juv. xv. 35
- ^ Not. Imp. sect. 20
- ^ "Trismegistos". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 2018-02-26.