Ashmoun

Ashmoun () is a city in the south of Monufia Governorate, Egypt.

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Place details

Locality: أشمون
Region: المنوفية
Country: مصر
Population: 124,483
Timezone: Africa/Cairo

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Ashmun
Settlement.native_name: أشمون
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_map: مركز أشمون.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Monufia Governorate
Settlement.pushpin_map: Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Monufia
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 315.6
Settlement.elevation_m: 12
Settlement.population_total: 926,301
Settlement.population_as_of: 2023
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Official name: أشمون
Population: 84871
Elevation: 17

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native label: أشمون

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Ashmoun () is a city in the south of Monufia Governorate, Egypt.

The city's Arabic name comes from Coptic Chmoumi (), of unclear etymology, that could be possibly related to a Coptic word for "spring, source" (). It was also known as Ashmoun Gerisat (), a calque of , where Ptihot is a name of a nearby town, modern Gerays ().