Abu Hummus

Abu Hummus
أبو حمص
Abu Hummus

Location in Egypt

Coordinates: EG 31°06′02″N 30°18′36″E / 31.100643°N 30.310063°E / 31.100643; 30.310063Coordinates: EG 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.

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ "Abu Hummus", a Durham University webpage


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