Atfih is a ceety in Middle Egyp, in the Cairo Govrenorate. It wis an aa pairt o the Helwan Govrenorate. Its population numbered 106,300 in 2001.

Atfih
Ceety
Atfih
Atfih is located in Egypt
Atfih
Atfih
Location in Egyp
Coordinates: 29°25′N 31°15′E / 29.417°N 31.250°E / 29.417; 31.250
Kintra Egyp
GovrenorateCairo
Population
 (2001)
 • Total106,300
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Etymology

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The name is derived frae Auncient Egyptian Tpyhwt, meanin the first o the cous, referrin tae Hathor. The name became Petpeh in Coptic, frae which is derived the Arabic version Atfih (أطفيح). The ceety wis an aa kent in Greco-Roman Egyp as Aphroditopolis.