Tanis

Summary

Tanis is an ancient city^[1]. Tanis ranks in the top 4% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (476 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tanis is located in Husseiniya^[3].
• Tanis is in the country of Egypt^[4].
• Tanis's image is recorded as Ruins of Tanis.jpg^[5].
• Tanis's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[6].
• Tanis's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[7].
• Tanis's instance of is recorded as village^[8].
• Tanis's instance of is recorded as village in Egypt^[9].
• Tanis's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 9062148574290324430003^[10].
• Tanis's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315170075^[11].
• Tanis's GND ID is recorded as 4140815-9^[12].
• Tanis's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88001362^[13].
• Tanis's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119834997^[14].
• Tanis's Commons category is recorded as Tanis, Egypt^[15].
• Tanis's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[16].
• Tanis's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.976944444444, 'lon': 31.88}^[17].
• Tanis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018f3q^[18].
• Tanis's population is recorded as {'amount': '+43157'}^[19].
• Tanis's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[20].
• Tanis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Tanis's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Tanis's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[23].
• Tanis's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[24].
• Tanis's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[25].
• Tanis's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[26].
• Tanis's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[27].

Body

Geography

Tanis is in the country of Egypt^[4]. Tanis is located in Husseiniya^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}^[29]. Tanis's population is recorded as {'amount': '+43157'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ancient city^[6], archaeological site^[7], village^[8], and village in Egypt^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Tanis include Tanis^[30], a paleontological site^[31], in United States^[32].

Why It Matters

Tanis ranks in the top 4% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (476 views/month).^[2] Tanis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Tanis is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Tanis include Tanis^[30], a paleontological site^[31], in United States^[32].