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

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

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