Abu Hummus

Abu Hummus أبو حمص
Abu Hummus Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°06′02″N 30°18′36″E / 31.100643°N 30.310063°E / 31.100643; 30.310063Coordinates: 31°06′02″N 30°18′36″E / 31.100643°N 30.310063°E / 31.100643; 30.310063
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beheira Governorate
Time zone	EST (UTC+2)

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.

It is named after a sheikh who was born and buried here. Abu Hummus spans between the Cairo-Alexandria Agricultural Road and the El-Mahmoudeya Canal.^[2]

Markaz

Population of the markaz Abu Hummus was estimated 348,000 in 2007.^[1] The markaz if known as the place of the famous Nakhla meteorite.

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