Damanhur

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Damanhur (Egyptian DMI -n- Ḥr.w ( "Village of Horus "); Coptic Ⲧ ⲙ ⲉ ⲛ ϩ ⲱ ⲣ; Arab دمنهور, DMG Damanhur ) or Hermopolis Mikra ( ancient Greek Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρά ) is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the government of al - buhaira. It is located 160 km northwest of Cairo, and 70 km east-southeast of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta.

History

In ancient Egypt, the city was the capital of the 7th Nome of A- ment of Lower Egypt. She lay on the slope of a canal, which connected the lake Mareotis with Canopus or the western arm of the Nile. The city was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Horus. In Greek and Roman times it was called Hermopolis Mikra or Hermopolis Parva. Based on the Roman god Hermes, the Egyptian god Thoth corresponds to the As Hermopolis, the city attracted the attention of numerous ancient geographers to be, including Stephanos of Byzantium, Strabo, Ptolemy, and the author of the Antonine Itinerary. Hermopolis is a titular of the Roman Catholic Church.

In 2008 the population was 247 074 inhabitants (1986: 188 939 ).

Economy and infrastructure

In the predominantly agricultural province of al - Buhaira a predominantly agricultural dominated industry was able to establish, for example, the production of gins (Cotton Gin ) for the processing of cotton, of machines for potato processing and date cultivation. There is also a cotton and rice market.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ali Abdullah El- Erian (1920-1981), lawyer and diplomat
• Foaud Ibrahim ( b. 1938 ), geographer
• Ahmed H. Zewail ( born 1946 ), Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners of 1999
• Mohamed Nagy ( born 1984 ), football player