| Qantīr · قنتير | ||
| Governorate | Sharqiyah | |
|---|---|---|
| Residents | 13.660 (2006) | |
| height | 10 m | |
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Qantir (Arabic:قنتير, Qantīr) is a village in the eastern Nile Delta in the egyptian Governorate esch-Sharqīya, about 9 kilometers northeast of Fāqūs.
background
It is believed that in the area of this village the ancient Pi-ramesse could have found. The archaeological site is about 2.5 kilometers southwest of the village Tell ed-Dab'a (Arabic:تل الضبعة, Tall aḍ-Ḍabaʿa), to which the ancient Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos.
