Abu Hummus
Abu Hummus
أبو حمص | |
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Location in Beheira Governorate | |
| Coordinates: 31°06′02″N 30°18′46″E / 31.10056°N 30.31278°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Beheira Governorate |
| Area | |
• Total | 542.4 km2 (209.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 569,157 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EGY) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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.
The old name of the town is Shubra Bar (Arabic: شبرا بار) or Shunbar (Arabic: شُنْبَار) which Ramzi derives from Chabriou Kome (Ancient Greek: Χαβρίου Κώμη) named after Chabrias. Gauthier derives the modern name from Egyptian hap-m-s "which hides what is in it".