Coordinates: 28°55′15″N 30°51′13″E / 28.920814°N 30.853626°E / 28.920814; 30.853626

Sumusta

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Sumusta
سمسطا
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CountryFile:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
GovernorateBeni Suef
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
63,331
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Sumusta (Arabic: سمسطا) is a city in the Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at 63,000 people in 2020.[1]

The name of the city comes from Ancient Greek: Σεσφθα, romanizedSesphtha, where -σφθ- comes from Ancient Egyptian: sbtj, lit.'wall'.[2]

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