Abu Hummus
Abu Hummus
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Abu Hummus, also Abu Humus, Abu Hommos, Abu Homos,
The old name of the town is Shubra Bar (
Geography
Located midway between the city of
The town has a Local court, City Town Hall, and a railway station. In 1911 Nakhla meteorite landed in the town.[7][8][9] 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 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered;[10] the fragments were buried in the ground up to a metre deep.
Markaz
As of 2007[update], the population of the markaz Abu Hummus was estimated at 348,000.[2] The markaz is known as the site of the Nakhla meteorite.[7]
Notable people
References
- ^ a b "Abū Ḥummuṣ (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ ISBN 9780549683223. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
- ^ "Papyrus information". www.apd.gwi.uni-muenchen.de. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ رمزي, محمد. القاموس الجغرافي للبلاد المصرية. p. 622.
- ^ Gauthier, Henri (1927). Dictionnaire des noms géographiques contenus dans les textes hiéroglyphiques. Vol. 4. p. 10.
- ^ "Abu Hummus" Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, a Durham University webpage
- ^ 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.
- hdl:2060/20110014358.
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