Abu Mena

town, monastery complex and Christian pilgrimage center in Late Antique Egypt. WHS#90
Place archaeological_site Q9278
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Abu Mena

Summary

Abu Mena is an archaeological site[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Abu Mena is located in Alexandria[3].
  • Abu Mena is located in Second Amreya district[4].
  • Abu Mena is in the country of Egypt[5].
  • Abu Mena's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Menas of Egypt is named after Abu Mena[7].
  • Abu Mena took place at Alexandria[8].
  • Abu Mena took place at Second Amreya district[9].
  • Abu Mena is part of list of World Heritage in Danger[10].
  • Abu Mena's Commons category is recorded as Abu Mena[11].
  • Abu Mena's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[12].
  • Abu Mena's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.84105, 'lon': 29.66349}[13].
  • Abu Mena's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[14].
  • Abu Mena covers an area of {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+83.63'}[15].
  • Abu Mena covers an area of {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+182.72'}[16].
  • Abu Mena's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iv)[17].
  • Abu Mena's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Whindanger[18].

Body

Geography

Abu Mena is in the country of Egypt[5]. Located in include Alexandria[3], a port city[19], in Egypt[20], founded in -0331[21] and Second Amreya district[4], a neighborhood[22], in Egypt[23]. It is part of list of World Heritage in Danger[10].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+83.63'}[15] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+182.72'}[16].

Designation and Status

Abu Mena's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[14].

History and Context

Menas of Egypt is named after Abu Mena[7].

Why It Matters

Abu Mena has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country Egypt
    Area {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+83.63'}, {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+182.72'}
    Instance of archaeological site
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