Place:Shibin El Kom
[ ⚑ ] 30°33′31″N 31°0′36″E / 30.55861°N 31.01°E
Shibin El Kom شبين الكوم | |
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City | |
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 Location in Monufia Governorate | |
  Shibin El Kom Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] 30°33′31″N 31°00′36″E / 30.55861°N 31.01°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Monufia |
| Area | |
| • City | 28.51 km2 (11.01 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • City | 267,945 |
| • Density | 9,400/km2 (24,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 630,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Area code(s) | (+20) 48 |
Shibin El Kom (Arabic: شبين الكوم pronounced [ʃɪˈbiːn elˈkoːm], colloquially shortened to Shibin) is a city in Egypt's Nile Delta, and the capital of the Monufia Governorate.[2]
Etymology
The city was previously known as Shaybin as-Ssarya (Arabic: شيبين السَّرِى) the first part of which Ramzi connects to Arabic: أشيب ʾašyab "grey-coloured, old".[3][4] It appears to be a translation of Latin: veteranorum, lit. 'of veterans/old' akin to Shaybin al-Qasr (Arabic: شيبين القصر, Latin: Scenae Veteranorum, lit. 'tents of veterans/old'), modern Shibin el-Qanatir, and possibly points out that Shibin el Kom used to be one of the Roman military camps in Lower Egypt.
Facilities
While the city is not a new one, its infrastructure is being modernized. The most important central and local government offices are located in the city, as well as the main branches of Menoufia University. The city has several public and private schools, hospitals, a large stadium, a regional office of Telecom Egypt, organized trade unions, athletic teams, political parties and social organizations and a chamber of commerce.
Climate
Shibin's climate is classified by Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as hot desert (BWh), as the rest of Egypt.
The highest record temperature was 48 °C (118 °F) recorded on June 7, 1961, while the lowest record temperature was −3 °C (27 °F) recorded on January 23, 1996.[5]
Museums
Denshway Museum
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Shibīn al-Kawm (Kism (fully urban), Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". https://www.citypopulation.de/en/egypt/admin/al_min%C5%ABfiyah/1701__shib%C4%ABn_al_kawm/.
- ↑ "Sheben El Koum". http://www.monofeya.gov.eg/HaykalTanzemy/cities/ShebenElkoum/ShebenElkoumCity/default.aspx.
- ↑ ابن مماتي ص156
- ↑ Peust, Carsten. Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. pp. 85.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Shibin el-Kom, Egypt". Voodoo Skies. http://voodooskies.com/weather/egypt/shibin-el-kom.
- ↑ "Climate: Shibin Al-Kom - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. http://en.climate-data.org/location/3678/.
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