Abu El Matamir ( ar, ابو المطامير ) is a city in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. As of 2006 it had a population of 44,415. The city existed before the Islamic conquest of Egypt, and the Romans used it as a grain storage. The city was named by this name because wheat is stored in the past in what is called Matmur and its plural Matamir.

Etymology

The Arabic name is from two words " attributed"/" belonging"/

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" and "

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plummets".

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as

hot desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one ...

(BWh).

Notable people

* Mohamed Ibrahim (footballer, born 1992)

References

Populated places in Beheira Governorate {{egypt-geo-stub