Sidi Salem () is a city in the

Kafr El Sheikh Governorate Kafr El Sheikh () is one of the governorates of Egypt. It lies in the northern part of the country, along the western branch of the Nile in the Nile Delta. Its capital is the city of Kafr El Sheikh. Kafr El Sheikh is the first nationwide in the ...

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. The medieval Arabic and Coptic scholars identified the city with ancient Phragonis (, , ), although the archeological findings point out to Kom al-Khawaled 7 kilometers east of Sidi Salem.

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, an early Gnostic Christian theologian and founder of the

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, was believed to be native to Phragonis.

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Populated places in Kafr El Sheikh Governorate Cities in Egypt {{Egypt-geo-stub

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