Abu Hummus

Abu Hummus, also Abu Humus, Abu Hommos, Abu Homos,[1] Abou Homs (Arabic: أبو حمص) is a town in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, an administrative center of markaz Abu Hummus.

Abu Hummus

أبو حمص
town
Location in Beheira Governorate
Abu Hummus
Location in Egypt
Abu Hummus
Abu Hummus (Egypt)
Coordinates: 31.100643°N 30.310063°E / 31.100643; 30.310063
Country Egypt
GovernorateBeheira Governorate
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The old name of the town is Shubra Bar (Arabic: شبرا بار) which Ramzi derives from Chabriou Kome (Ancient Greek: Χαβρίου Κώμη) named after Chabrias.[2] Gauthier derives the modern name from Egyptian hap-m-s "which hides what is in it".[3] Abu Hummus spans between the Cairo-Alexandria Agricultural Road and the El-Mahmoudeya Canal.[4]

Markaz

As of 2007, the population of the markaz Abu Hummus was estimated at 348,000.[1] The markaz is known as the site of the Nakhla meteorite.

Notable people

References

  1. Ortega, O.Y.; The University of Iowa. Applied Mathematical & Computational Sciences (2008). Evaluation of Rotavirus Models with Coinfection and Vaccination. University of Iowa. p. 17. ISBN 9780549683223. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  2. رمزي, محمد. القاموس الجغرافي للبلاد المصرية. p. 622.
  3. Gauthier, Henri (1927). Dictionnaire des noms géographiques contenus dans les textes hiéroglyphiques. 4. p. 10.
  4. "Abu Hummus" Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, a Durham University webpage
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