Abu Hummus, also Abu Humus, Abu Hommos, Abu Homos, Abou Homs () is a town in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, an administrative center of markaz Abu Hummus.
The old name of the town is Shubra Bar () or Shunbar () which Ramzi derives from Chabriou Kome () named after Chabrias. Gauthier derives the modern name from Egyptian hap-m-s "which hides what is in it".
Geography
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."Abu Hummus" , a Durham University webpage
The town has a Local court, City Town Hall, and a railway station. In 1911 Nakhla meteorite landed in the town."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. Many people witnessed the meteorite approaching from the northwest, inclination about °, along with the track marked with a column of white smoke. Several explosions were heard before it fell to Earth in an area of in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered; the fragments were buried in the ground up to a metre deep.
Markaz , the population of the markaz Abu Hummus was estimated at 348,000. The markaz is known as the site of the Nakhla meteorite."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
Notable people Yunis Makhyun
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