Damanhur

Damanhur دمنهور
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Damanhur Location in Egyp
Coordinates: 31°02′26″N 30°28′12″E
Kintra	Egyp
Govrenorate	Beheira
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	242,700
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
Area code(s)	(+20) 45

Damanhur (Arabic: دمنهور‎ Damanhūr, Egyptian: Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w, Coptic: Ⲧⲙⲉⲛϩⲱⲣ, Greek: Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρά, romanised: Hermopolis Mikra) is a ceity in Lawer Egyp, an the caipital o the Beheira Govrenorate. It is located 70 km (43 mi) sootheast o Cairo, an 70 km (43 mi) northwast o Alexandria, in the middle o the wastren Nile Delta.

History

In Auncient Egyp, the ceity wis the caipital o Lawer Egyp's 7t Nome o A-ment. It stuid on the banks o a canal which connectit the lake Mareotis wi the Canopic or maist wasterly airm o the Nile. (Champollion, L'Egypte, vol. ii. p. 249). The ceity wis dedicatit tae the Auncient Egyptian god Horus. In Greek an Roman times, it wis cried Hermopolis Mikra or Hermopolis Parva, which wad give it an association wi Hermes, the Egyptian Thoth. As Hermopolis, the ceity attractit the notice o numerous auncient geographers, includin Stephanus o Byzantium s. v., Strabo (xvii. p. 802), Ptolemy (iv. 5. § 46), an the author o the Antonine Itinerary (p. 154). It is a Roman Catholic titular see.

In 1986, the population o Damanhur wis 188,939. The richly-cultivatit Beheira province gives rise tae mainly agricultural industries which include cotton ginnin, potato processin, an date pickin. It haes a mercat for cotton an rice an aw.

Ahmed H. Zewail, who wan the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1999, wis born in Damanhur in 1946.

Etymology

Damanhur (or Damanhour) wis kent in the auncient Egyptian scripts bi the name "Di Men Hor", which means the ceity o god Hor or Horus, on the grunds that it wis a center for the worship o this god. It wis kent bi ither names an aw: in the Egyptian texts kent as "Behdet", in the Greek texts kent as the "Hermopolis Prva" which means the ceity Hermes Minor, cried "Obollenoboles" in regards tae the Greek god Apollo, an then they cried it "Tel Ballamon". Later, the Egyptians returned the oreeginal auld name, an pronoonce it "Temenhor", an efter the Islamic conquest they misrepresentit the name tae its name in Arabic which is nou kent as "Damanhur".

Climate

Being locatit close tae the Nile Delta that gives Damanhur a Mediterranean climate. The ceity gets average precipitation durin winter, an rare rain durin ither saisons. Hail an frost are no unkent specifically durin winter.

Tomb o Yaakov Abuhatzeira

The toun contains the tomb o Yaakov Abuhatzeira (1805–1880) a Moroccan Rabbi who dee'd here in 1880 while on a pilgrimage tae the Land o Israel. The steid is visitit each year bi hunders o devotees. The tomb is an offeecial antiquity steid protectit bi the govrenment o Egyp. Some Egyptians hae protestit against permittin Jews tae enter Egyp tae mak the annual pilgrimage tae Rabbi Abuhatzeira's tomb.

Cultural references

Damanhur is the fictional hame o the character Nebamon in the beuk Rise of the Golden Cobra, bi Henry T. Aubin.

Damanhur name is uised bi the airtist eco-veelage in northren Italy.

References

•  This airticle incorporates text frae a publication nou in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Damanhūr" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
•  This airticle incorporates text frae a publication nou in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–57). "Damanhūr". Dictionary o Greek an Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

Freemit airtins

• Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Damanhur, Egypt". Retrieved 30 Mairch 2008.
• http://www.damanhour.5u.com Archived 2005-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Arabic script
• http://www.damanhour.5u.com/en.htm Archived 2005-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Inglis script
• http://www.saeednet.4t.com Archived 2008-03-21 at the Wayback Machine live cam frae Damanhour
• "Hermopolis Parva". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.