Abu Hummus
Abu Hummus
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 Location in Beheira Governorate | |
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| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Beheira Governorate |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.51 km2 (2.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 63,580 |
| • Density | 11,500/km2 (29,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Abu Hummus, also Abu Humus, Abu Hommos, Abu Homos,[2] Abou Homs (Arabic: أبو حمص) is a town in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, an administrative center of markaz Abu Hummus.
The old name of the town is Shubra Bar (Arabic: شبرا بار) or Shunbar (Arabic: شُنْبَار)[3] which Ramzi derives from Chabriou Kome (Ancient Greek: Χαβρίου Κώμη) named after Chabrias.[4] Gauthier derives the modern name from Egyptian hap-m-s "which hides what is in it".[5]
Geography
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Located midway between the city of Alexandria and the western branch of the Nile Delta, south of Lake Idku, Abu Hummus spans between the Cairo-Alexandria Agricultural Road and the El-Mahmoudeya Canal.[6]
The town has a Local court, City Town Hall, and a railway station. In 1911 Nakhla meteorite landed in the town.[7][8][9] Many people witnessed the meteorite approaching from the northwest, inclination about 30°, along with the track marked with a column of white smoke. Several explosions were heard before it fell to Earth in an area of 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered;[10] the fragments were buried in the ground up to a metre deep.
Markaz
[edit | edit source]As of 2007[update], the population of the markaz Abu Hummus was estimated at 348,000.[2] The markaz is known as the site of the Nakhla meteorite.[7]
Notable people
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- ^ "Abu Hummus" Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, a Durham University webpage
- ^ a b "the meteoric stones of El Nakhla El Baharia (Egypt)", by G.T.Prior, Keeper of Minerals in the British Museum; read November 14, 1911, Mineralogical Magazine, 1912, vol. 16, pp. 274–281
- ^ "The Nakhla Meteorite" – From NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- ^ "Nakhla meteorite fragment" – From the Natural History Museum. Rotatable image of a fragment of the meteorite. URL accessed September 6, 2006.
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