Abnub | |
Native Name: | ابناب |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Coordinates: | 27.2667°N 40°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Asyut Governorate |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 64526 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Abnub (from [1]) is a city in Egypt. It is located on the east bank of the Nile, in the Asyut Governorate, several kilometres northwest of Asyut. As of the 2006 census, the population was 67,526. The city's name ultimately comes from .[2]
Abnub is the birthplace of Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church from 1971 to 2012.[3]
A church in Abnub bears the name of Phoibammon of Preht, a 4th century martyr.[4]