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Abu Simbel

village in Egypt
Place human_settlement Q6655437
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Summary

Abu Simbel is a human settlement[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of human settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,443 views/month, #235 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nasr Nuba[3]
  • Country: Egypt[4]
  • Instance of: village in Egypt[5]
  • Commons category: Abu Simbel[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Abu Simbel[7]
  • Population: 2535[8]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10]
  • Elevation above sea level: 189 m[11]

Why It Matters

Abu Simbel has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Egypt

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . webcitation.org. webcitation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . geonames.org. geonames.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Chalmd · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → 7e111fb4-6bfe-472d-89f8-733acc12ccbb
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'et', 'fr', 'hu', 'ja', 'ka', 'pl', 'sv',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bbc things id: 7e111fb4-6bfe-472d-89f8-733acc12ccbb"
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Population → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Nasr Nuba
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+189'}
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46198|batch #46198]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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