Abu Hummus أبو حمص |
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Location in Egypt | |
Coordinates: 31°06′02″N 30°18′36″E / 31.100643°N 30.310063°ECoordinates: 31°06′02″N 30°18′36″E / 31.100643°N 30.310063°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Beheira Governorate |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Abu Hummus, also Abu Humus, Abu Hommos, Abu Homos,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.
Population of the markaz Abu Hummus was estimated 348,000 in 2007. The markaz if known as the place of the famous Nakhla meteorite.