The Ants of Egypt

The Ants of Egypt
Gazetteer to modern place names
by
Dr. Mahmoud S. Abdel-dayem, Assistant Professor, Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza

Locality	Region	Province	Ref. Loc.	N Lat. ( °) ( ´)	E Long. ( °) ( ´)
Abbassia	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 04	31 17
Abu Qir	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 19	30 04
Abu Rawash	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Pyramids	30 02	31 06
Abu Seer	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Pyramids	29 53	31 13
Abu Zaabal	Delta & Lower Egypt	Qalioubiya	Cairo	30 15	31 21
Ain Gehyair	Sinai	Southern Sinai	Wadi Feiran	28 42	33 37
Alag	Delta & Lower Egypt	Qalioubiya	Cairo	31 11	31 13
Alexandria:	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 12	29 54
Almaza	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 06	31 20
Amrieh	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 35	31 01
Aswan	Upper Egypt	Aswan	Aswan	24 05	32 53
Asyut	Upper Egypt	Asyut	Asyut	27 11	31 11
Badrachien	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Giza	29 51	31 15
Baharia Oasis	Western Desert	Giza	Baharia Oasis	28 21	28 52
Bahnassa	Delta & Lower Egypt	Beni Suef	Beni Suef	29 04	31 05
Barrage	Delta & Lower Egypt	Qalioubiya	Cairo	30 19	31 19
Belbies	Delta & Lower Egypt	Sharqiya	Belbies	30 25	31 34
Beni: Mazar	Delta & Lower Egypt	Minya	Minya	28 30	30 48
Berkash	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Pyramids	30 10	31 02
Bir Areyda	Eastern Desert	Red Sea	Hurgada	?	?
Bir Meyer	Eastern Desert	Cairo	Cairo	29 58	31 33
Bir Ougret El Sheikh	Eastern Desert	Cairo	Cairo	?	?
Birket El Sabaa	Delta & Lower Egypt	Monofiya	Cairo	30 38	31 05
Burg El Arab	North Coast	Marsa Matrouh	Alexandria	30 55	29 32
Cairo	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 03	31 15
Castal	Red Sea Coast	Red Sea	Hurgada	?	?
Dahshour	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Giza	29 48	31 12
Dakhla Oasis	Western Desert	El Wadi El Gedeed	Dakhla Oasis	25 29	28 59
Deirout	Delta & Lower Egypt	Beheira	Beheira	30 43	31 12
Dekheila	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 12	29 50
Desuq	Delta & Lower Egypt		Cairo	30 45	31 10
El Burg	North Coast :	Alexandria	Alexandria	30 55	29 32
El Eksas	Delta & Lower Egypt	Fayoum	Fayoum	29 19	30 48
El Ghola Cave	Sinai	Southern Sinai	St. Catherine	28 33	33 56
El Kubba Palace	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 04	31 17
El Mafareq	Sinai	Southern Sinai	El Tor	28 42	33 19
El-Qaa Plan	Sinai	Southern Sinai:	El Tor	28 23	33 14
El Roda	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 03	31 15
El Urman Garden	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Giza	30 01	31 13
El Wasta	Delta & Lower Egypt	Beni: Suef	Beni Suef	29 35	30 58
Erimisiom Temple	Upper Egypt:			?	?
Ezbet El Nakhl	Delta & Lower Egypt	Qalioubiya	Cairo	30 07	31 20
Ezbet Nabil	Delta & Lower Egypt	Qalioubiya	Cairo	30 07	31 20
Fayed	Eastern Desert	Ismailiya	Ismailiya	30 20	32 18
Fayoum	Delta & Lower Egypt	Fayoum	Fayoum	29 19	30 48
Feiran Oasis	Sinai	Southern Sinai:	Wadi Feiran	28 42	33 38
Gallala	Delta & Lower Egypt	Meniya	Meniya	?	?
Gamalia	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 03	31 15
Gebel Asfar	Delta & Lower Egypt	Qalioubiya	Cairo	30 13	31 21
Gebel Serbal	Sinai	Southern Sinai	Wadi Feiran	28 42	33 37
Gemeiza	Eastern Desert	Red Sea	Hurgada	27 38	33 35
Ghazal Island:	Upper Egypt	Aswan	Aswan	24 05	32 53
Ghobbet El Bous	Sinai	Southern Sinai	El –Tor	28 08	33 43
Ghurgada	Red Sea Coast	Red Sea	Hurgada	27 14	33 50
Girga	Upper Egypt	Sohag	Luxor:	26 33	31 42
Giza	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Giza	30 01	31 13
Hammam	North Coast	Marsa Matrouh	Alexandria	30 50	29 23
Hammam Moussa	Sinai	Southern Sinai	El-Tor	28 17	33 35
Heliopolis:	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 06	31 20
Helwan	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo:	Cairo	29 51	31 20
Idfu	Upper Egypt:	Aswan	Aswan	25 00	32 57
Ismailiya	Eastern Desert	Ismailiya	Ismailiya	30 35	32 16
Kafr El Batikh	North Coast	Damietta	Domiat	31 24	31 44
Kafr Hakim	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Pyramids	30 05	31 07
Kafr Shukr	Delta & Lower Egypt	Sharqyia	Sharqyia	30 36	31 14
Karm Alam	Sinai	Southern Sinai	El Tor	28 08	33 43
Katta	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Giza	30 13	30 58
Khanka	Delta & Lower Egypt	Qalioubiya	Cairo	30 13	31 21
Kharga Oasis	Western Desert	El-Wadi El-Gedeed	Kharga Oasis	25 26	30 33
King Mariout	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 01	29 48
Kirdasa	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Pyramids	30 02	31 07
Kitchener Island	Upper Egypt	Aswan	Aswan	24 05	32 53
Kom El Hanash	Delta & Lower Egypt	Beheira	Beheira	30 59	30 03
Kom Ombo	Upper Egypt	Aswan	Aswan	24 28	32 57
Kom Osheim	Delta & Lower Egypt	Fayoum	Fayoum	29 34	30 55
Kossir	Eastern Desert	Red Sea	Hurgada	26 06	34 17
Kubba	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 05	31 17
Kubba Palace	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 05	31 17
Lake Qaroun	Delta & Lower Egypt	Fayoum	Fayoum	29 28	30 40
Le Cap	Upper Egypt	?	?	?	?
Luxor	Upper Egypt:	Qena	Luxor	25 41	32 39
Maadi	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	29 58	31 15
Mahmoudiya	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 19	30 04
Maksama	North Coast	?	?	?	?
Mansoura	Delta & Lower Egypt	Dakahliya	Cairo	31 10	31 35
Mansouriya	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Pyramids	30 08	31 05
Marg	Delta & Lower Egypt	Qalioubiya	Cairo	30 09	31 20
Mariout	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 01	29 48
Massara	Eastern Desert	Cairo	Cairo	29 56	31 15
Matariya	Delta & Lower Egypt	Qalioubiya	Cairo	30 08	31 20
Mazarita	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 19	30 04
Meadia	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 18	30 05
Mersa Halaib	Gabal Elba	Red Sea	Halaib	22 13	36 38
Mersa Matrouh	North Coast	Mersa Matrouh	Alexandria	31 21	27 14
Metla	Sinai	South Sinai	Nuweiba	30 02	33 00
Mex	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 09	29 51
Minya	Delta & Lower Egypt	Minya	Minya	28 06	30 45
Nag Hamadi	Upper Egypt	Qena	Luxor	26 05	32 10
Nahia	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza:	Giza	30 03	31 10
Nefisha	Eastern Desert	Ismailiya	Ismailiya	30 34	32 15
Nobareia	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	30 43	30 46
North Sinai	Sinai	Northern Sinai		?	?
Nouzha	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 06	31 20
Orattien	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Giza	30 04	31 13
Ougret El Sheikh	Eastern Desert	Cairo	Cairo	?	?
Port Said	North Coast	Port Said	Port Said	31 16	32 18
Pyramids	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Pyramids	29 59	31 08
Qantara	Eastern Desert	Ismailiya	Ismailiya	30 52	32 18
Ramleh	North Coast	Alexandria	Alexandria	31 14	29 58
Rashid	North Coast	Beheira	Alexandria	31 43	33 46
Sahab	Sinai	Southern Sinai	Wadi Feiran	28 04	31 17
Saiala	Delta & Lower Egypt	Fayoum	Fayoum	29 21	30 58
Sakha	Delta & Lower Egypt	Kafr El Sheikh	Cairo	30 56	31 21
Salhyia	Eastern Desert	Sharqiya	Ismailiya	29 26	31 14
Sallant	Delta & Lower Egypt	Dakahliya	Mansoura	31 10	31 35
Shag Moussa	Sinai	Southern Sinai:place>	St. Catherine	28 33	33 55
Shubra	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	30 10	31 15
St. Catherine	Sinai	Southern Sinai	St. Catherine	28 33	33 56
Talbiya	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza:	Pyramids	30 00	31 11
Toshka	Upper Egypt	Aswan	Aswan	22 37	31 51
Toura	Delta & Lower Egypt	Cairo	Cairo	29 56	31 19
Wadi Aideb	Gabal Elba:	Red Sea	Halaib	22 15	36 26
Wadi Allaqi	Eastern Desert	Aswan	Aswan	23 07	32 45
Wadi Anid	Gabal Elba	Red Sea	Halaib	22 14	36 26
Wadi Arbaein	Sinai	Southern Sinai	St. Catherine	28 33	33 56
Wadi Cansiserob	Gabal Elba	Red Sea	Halaib	22 16	36 25
Wadi Digla	Eastern Desert	Cairo	Cairo	29 58	31 18
Wadi El Baathran	Sinai	Southern Sinai	Wadi Feiran	28 43	33 36
Wadi El Ghazal	Sinai	?	?	?	?
Wadi El Ghedeirat	Sinai	Northern Sinai	Arish	30 39	34 26
Wadi El Minagah	Sinai	Southern Sinai		?	?
Wadi Fawakheir	Western Desert	?	?	?	?
Wadi Fawar	Sinai	?	?	?	?
Wadi Gala:Bir Arydat	Sinai	?	?	?	?
Wadi Garagnia	Sinai	Southern Sinai	St. Catherine	28 34	33 59
Wadi Gebal	Sinai	Southern Sinai	St. Catherine	28 31	33 55
Wadi Hekwal	Gabal Elba	Red Sea	Halaib	22 16	36 26
Wadi Hof:	Eastern Desert	Cairo	Cairo	29 53	31 18
Wadi Morrah	Eastern Desert	?	?	?	?
Wadi Rabdet	Gabal Elba	Red Sea	Halaib	22 15	36 26
Wadi Talaa	Sinai	Southern Sinai	St. Catherine	28 34	33 55
Wadi Telah	Sinai	Southern Sinai:place>	St. Catherine	28 33	33 55
Wadi Tobouk	Sinai	Southern Sinai	St. Catherine	28 31	33 55
Wadi Umm Elek	Eastern Desert	Cairo	Cairo	?	?
Wadi Zouatina	Sinai	Southern Sinai	St. Catherine	28 33	33 54
Waraq	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Giza	30 06	31 12
Waraq El Hadr	Delta & Lower Egypt	Giza	Giza	30 05	31 11
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