Abu El Matamir ( ) is a city in

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. In 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 acquired this name because wheat was stored in the past in Matamirs.

Etymology

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

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plummets".

Climate

Köppen climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh).

Notable people

* Mohamed Ibrahim (footballer, born 1992)

References

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