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

The old name of the town is Shubra Bar (Шаблон:Lang-ar) which Ramzi derives from Chabriou Kome (Шаблон:Lang-grc) named after Chabrias.[2] Gauthier derives the modern name from Egyptian hap-m-s "which hides what is in it".[3]

Geography

Файл:Egyptian Delta Railways - Bridge over the Ferhash canal, near Hosh-Issa between Damanhur and Kafr el Dawar.jpg
Railway line running through the Markas (district) in 1915.

Located midway between the city of Alexandria and the western branch of the Nile Delta, south of Lake Adko, Abu Hummus spans between the Cairo-Alexandria Agricultural Road and the El-Mahmoudeya Canal.[4]

The town has a Local court, City Town Hall, and a railway station. In 1911 Nakhla meteorite landed in the town.[5][6][7] 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 Шаблон:Convert in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered;[8] the fragments were buried in the ground up to a metre deep.

Markaz

Шаблон:As of, the population of the markaz Abu Hummus was estimated at 348,000.[1] The markaz is known as the site of the Nakhla meteorite.[5]

Notable people

References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite book
  2. Шаблон:Cite book
  3. Шаблон:Cite book
  4. "Abu Hummus" Шаблон:Webarchive, a Durham University webpage
  5. 5,0 5,1 "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
  6. "The Nakhla Meteorite" – From NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  7. "Nakhla meteorite fragment" – From the Natural History Museum. Rotatable image of a fragment of the meteorite. URL accessed September 6, 2006.
  8. Шаблон:Cite conference