Sumusta

Sumusta (Arabic: سمسطا) is a city in the Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at 63,000 people in 2020.^[1]

Sumusta سمسطا
City
Sumusta Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 28.920814°N 30.853626°E / 28.920814; 30.853626
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beni Suef
Population  (2020)
• Total	63,331
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

The name of the city comes from Ancient Greek: Σεσφθα, romanized: Sesphtha, where -σφθ- comes from Ancient Egyptian: sbtj, lit. 'wall'.^[2]