Kom Hamada is a city in
Beheira Governorate
Beheira ( ', , "the governorate of the Lake") is a coastal governorates of Egypt, governorate in northern Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, its capital is Damanhur.
Overview
Beheira Governorate enjoys an impo ...
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 ...
.
History
After the
French campaign arrived to the west of
Alexandria
Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...
on July 2, 1798, AD, they marched into the city and occupied it and then by Napoleon took a march on
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
through Damanhur, where he was able to occupy
Rosetta
Rosetta ( ) or Rashid (, ; ) is a port city of the Nile Delta, east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered there in 1799.
Founded around the 9th century on the site of the ancient town of Bolbitine, R ...
on July 6 and reached Rahmaniyah, a village on the Nile, during which the
Mamluks
Mamluk or Mamaluk (; (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-sold ...
were preparing an army to confront The French armies led by Murad Bey, where the two armies met near
Shubra Khit
Shubra Khit (, from ) is a town 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 Mamluks, Mamluk cavalry under Murad Bey on July 13, 1798.
Shubra Kh ...
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.]
References
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Cities in Egypt