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, romanized: Sesphtha, where -σφθ- comes from Ancient Egyptian: sbtj, lit. 'wall'.

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