Kom Hamada Explained

Kom Hamada
Native Name:كوم حمادة
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Egypt
Coordinates:30.7625°N 30.6972°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Egypt
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Beheira
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:418227
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:+2

Kom Hamada is a city in Beheira Governorate in Egypt.

History

After the French campaign arrived to the west of Alexandria on July 2, 1798, AD, they marched into the city and occupied it and then Napoleon took a march on Cairo through Damanhur, where he was able to occupy Rosetta on July 6 and reached Rahmaniyah, a village on the Nile, during which the Mamluks were preparing an army to confront The French armies led by Murad Bey, where the two armies met near Shubra Khit on July 13, 1798, CE.[1]

Population

Kom Hamada has a population of 41,227, of whom 19,169 are male and 22,058 are female, according to the 2006 official census.[2]

Notes and References

  1. محمد رمزي، القاموس الجغرافي للبلاد المصرية، القسم الثاني-الجزء الثاني، الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب، القاهرة، 1994، صــ: 338.
  2. البيانات السكانية لمدينة أو قرية حسب تقديرات السكان 2006 (محافظة البحيرة). الجهاز المركزي للتعبئة العامة والإحصاء. تاريخ الوصول: 7 نوفمبر 2014. نسخة محفوظة 22 أكتوبر 2017 على موقع واي باك مشين.