Abu Hummus

Abu Hummus, also Abu Humus, Abu Hommos, Abu Homos, Abou Homs (أبو حمص) is a town in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, an administrative center of markaz Abu Hummus.

The old name of the town is Shubra Bar (شبرا بار) or Shunbar (شُنْبَار) which Ramzi derives from Chabriou Kome (Χαβρίου Κώμη) named after Chabrias. Gauthier derives the modern name from Egyptian hap-m-s "which hides what is in it".

Geography
Located midway between the city of Alexandria and the western branch of the Nile Delta, south of Lake Adko, Abu Hummus spans between the Cairo-Alexandria Agricultural Road and the El-Mahmoudeya Canal.

The town has a Local court, City Town Hall, and a railway station. In 1911 Nakhla meteorite landed in the town. Many people witnessed the meteorite approaching from the northwest, inclination about 30°, along with the track marked with a column of white smoke. Several explosions were heard before it fell to Earth in an area of 4.5 km in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered; the fragments were buried in the ground up to a metre deep.

Markaz
, the population of the markaz Abu Hummus was estimated at 348,000. The markaz is known as the site of the Nakhla meteorite.

Notable people

 * Younes Makhioun