Damanhur

Coordinates: 31°02′10″N 30°28′10″E / 31.03611°N 30.46944°E / 31.03611; 30.46944
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Damanhur
دمنهور
City
Clockwise from top:
Damanhur Opera House, Nasser Mosque, Inside Opera House, Galal Qoraytem square, Damanhur at Night, Damanhur Opera House
UTC+2 (EET)
Area code(+20) 45

Damanhur (

Arabic: دمنهور Damanhūr, IPA: [dɑmɑnˈhuːɾ]) is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located 160 km (99 mi) northwest of Cairo, and 70 km (43 mi) E.S.E. of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta
. 31°02′10″N 30°28′10″E / 31.03611°N 30.46944°E / 31.03611; 30.46944 Damanhur is a historic city, which history can be dated back to the
Ancient Greek: Χορτασω).[3][4][5]

Etymology

D46W19M17M17O49W24G5Z1
or
D46
Aa15		 W19M17M17X1
O49		 S3G6X1
O49
Țemāi en Ḥeru[6]
in hieroglyphs

The city's modern Arabic name comes from Coptic p-Timinhor (

Imperial Aramaic: תמנחור, romanized: Temenkhūr).[2]

The Greeks called the city Hermopolis Mikra (

Ancient Greek: Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρά).[7]

The name of the city suggests that Horus, whom Greeks equated with Apollo, was worshipped as the chief deity. However, the Greek name for the town, Hermopolis Mikra, suggests that Hermes/Thoth was the local god. This discrepancy is possibly due to a misinterpretation that persisted even after the Greeks had gained a better understanding of Egypt.[8]

History

In

Canopic or most westerly arm of the Nile.[9]

The city attracted the notice of numerous ancient geographers, including

Roman Catholic titular see
.

It was first made a provincial capital under Fatimid rule in 11th century, and in the Middle Ages it prospered as a caravan town on the post road from Cairo to Alexandria. It was severely damaged in 1302 by an earthquake, but in the late 14th century the Mamluk caliph Barquq restored its fortifications to protect the city from Bedouins.

In 1799, the city revolted against the French, who cruelly crushed the rebels, killing 1,500.

In 1986, the population of Damanhur was 188,939. The richly cultivated Beheira province gives rise to mainly agricultural industries which include cotton ginning, potato processing, and date picking. It also has a market for cotton and rice.

On the 10th of February 2023 six people, including three boys, were killed and at least 20 injured when an apartment building collapsed.[10]

Notable people

Climate

See also: Nile Delta § Climate

Being located close to the

precipitation during winter, and rare rain during other seasons. Hail and frost
are not unknown specifically during winter.

Climate data for Damanhur, Egypt
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 18.3
(64.9) 		19.1
(66.4) 		21.7
(71.1) 		25.6
(78.1) 		29.4
(84.9) 		31.2
(88.2) 		32.0
(89.6) 		32.3
(90.1) 		30.8
(87.4) 		29.1
(84.4) 		24.8
(76.6) 		20.3
(68.5) 		26.2
(79.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.0
(55.4) 		13.6
(56.5) 		15.8
(60.4) 		19.0
(66.2) 		22.7
(72.9) 		25.0
(77.0) 		26.2
(79.2) 		26.4
(79.5) 		25.1
(77.2) 		23.2
(73.8) 		19.4
(66.9) 		15.0
(59.0) 		20.4
(68.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 7.8
(46.0) 		8.2
(46.8) 		9.9
(49.8) 		12.4
(54.3) 		16.0
(60.8) 		18.9
(66.0) 		20.5
(68.9) 		20.6
(69.1) 		19.4
(66.9) 		17.3
(63.1) 		14.0
(57.2) 		9.7
(49.5) 		14.6
(58.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 25
(1.0) 		21
(0.8) 		9
(0.4) 		4
(0.2) 		3
(0.1) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		5
(0.2) 		13
(0.5) 		22
(0.9) 		102
(4.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org[11]

References
  1. ^ a b "Damanhūr (Kism (fully urban), Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 33.
  3. ^ "Carte geographique de l'Egypte et des pays environnans by Pierre Jacotin". PAThs – Archaeological Atlas of Coptic Literature. 1818.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 884–885.
  5. ^ "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  6. ^ Wallis Budge, E. A. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II. John Murray. p. 1062.
  7. ^ Bernand, A. (2021-12-13). "Hermopolis Mikra: a Pleiades place resource". Pleiades: a gazetteer of past places. R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  8. ^ "Damanhūr" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 783.
  9. Champollion
    , L'Egypte, vol. ii. p. 249
  10. ^ Hendawi, Hamza (2023-02-10). "Three boys among six killed in building collapse north of Cairo". The National. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  11. ^ "Climate: Damanhur - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

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