Damanhur

Also known as Damanhour

Damanhur ( '''', ) is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cairo, and E.S.E. of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta.

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Damanhur is a city in Egypt that serves as the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is situated at an elevation of 9 meters above sea level and falls within the UTC+02:00 time zone. The city has a population of 329,572.

The location is described in sources including the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. Damanhur is categorized as a big city.

Synthesized by Vinony from 43 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: دمنهور
Region: البحيرة
Country: مصر
Population: 318,207
Timezone: Africa/Cairo

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Air quality

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PM2.5: 25.5 µg/m³
PM10: 35.2 µg/m³

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Damanhur
Settlement.native_name: دمنهور
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_flag: Governadorat de Biheira.png
Settlement.image_seal: Emblem Beheira Governorate.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Beheira
Settlement.area_total_km2: 6.840
Settlement.elevation_m: 9
Settlement.population_total: 329,572
Settlement.population_as_of: 2023
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_density_metro_sq_mi: auto

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Travel guide

Understand

Damanhur lies in the Nile Delta about 45 km southeast of Alexandria. Back in ancient Egypt, it was the capital of the nome called Ament, and dedicated to the god Horus. Then, in Greek and Roman times, it became Hermopolis Mikra or Hermopolis Parva because of its association with Hermes (whose Egyptian likeness was Thoth). Today, it is a center for agricultural processing in Lower Egypt and could probably take on the best of conservative-minded municipalities.

Get in

Damanhur is only about 45 km southeast of Alexandria, and is feasibly reached by motorized transport due to its proximity to the Alexandria-Tanta Highway.

Sleep

Only rubbish hotels: do your best not to stay here.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
History
Notable people
Climate
References
External links

Damanhur ( '', ) is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cairo, and E.S.E. of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta.

Damanhur is a historic city, whose history can be dated back to the Old Kingdom of Egypt. The modern city has also absorbed the ancient villages Shubra al-Jadida (, ), Tāmus (), Askanida () and Chortaso'' (, ).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Damanhur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.