Abu El Matamir
City in Beheira Governorate, Egypt
30°54′30″N 30°08′55″E / 30.908411°N 30.148487°E / 30.908411; 30.148487
Egypt (2006)
Abu El Matamir (Arabic: ابو المطامير pronounced [abol.mɑtˤɑˈmiːɾ]) is a city in Egypt. In 2006, it had a population of 44,415.[1]
The city existed before the Islamic conquest of Egypt, and the Romans used it as a grain storage. The city acquired this name because wheat was stored in the past in Matamirs.
Etymology
The Arabic name is from two words ابو "attributed"/"belonging"/father" and المطامير "the plummets".
Climate
Köppen climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh).
| Climate data for Abu El Matamir | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.2 (64.8) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.6 (88.9) | 32.1 (89.8) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 24.6 (76.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 26.0 (78.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.1 (55.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 19 (66) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.6 (79.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 23 (73) | 19.2 (66.6) | 15 (59) | 20.4 (68.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) | 8.6 (47.5) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.6 (54.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.6 (67.3) | 21 (70) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20 (68) | 17.3 (63.1) | 13.9 (57.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.9 (58.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) | 20 (0.8) | 6 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.2) | 16 (0.6) | 26 (1.0) | 105 (4.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Mohamed Ibrahim (footballer, born 1992)
References
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