Kom Hamada is a city in
Beheira Governorate
Beheira Governorate ( ar, محافظة البحيرة ', , "the governorate of the Lake") is a coastal governorate in Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, its capital is Damanhur.
Overview
Beheira Governorate ...
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 ...
.
History
After the
French campaign
The Battle of France (french: bataille de France) (10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign ('), the French Campaign (german: Frankreichfeldzug, ) and the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France during the Second World ...
arrived to the west of
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...
on July 2, 1798, AD, they marched into the city and occupied it and then Napoleon took a march on
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
through Damanhur, where he was able to occupy
Rosetta
Rosetta or Rashid (; ar, رشيد ' ; french: Rosette ; cop, ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ ''ti-Rashit'', Ancient Greek: Βολβιτίνη ''Bolbitinē'') is a port city of the Nile Delta, east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Ro ...
on July 6 and reached Rahmaniyah, a village on the Nile, during which the
Mamluks
Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') i ...
were preparing an army to confront The French armies led by Murad Bey, where the two armies met near
Shubra Khit
Shubra Khit ( ar, شبراخيت, from ) is a village in Beheira Governorate in Egypt, which is famous for being the place of the "Battle of Shubra Khit" between the army of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Mamluk cavalry under Murad Bey
Murad Bey Mo ...
on July 13, 1798, CE.
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.
[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.]
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Cities in Egypt