Shibin El Kom ( , colloquially shortened to ''Shibin'') 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 ...

Nile Delta The Nile Delta (, or simply , ) is the River delta, delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's larger deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the eas ...

, and the capital of the

Monufia Governorate Monufia ( ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. Monufia’s name was derived from the hieroglyphic word “Nafr”, which means “The Good Land”. It is located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, to the south of Gharbia ...

Etymology

The city was previously known as Shaybin as-Ssarya () the first part of which Ramzi connects to ''ʾašyab'' "grey-coloured, old".ابن مماتي ص156 It appears to be a translation of akin to Shaybin al-Qasr (, ), modern Shibin el-Qanatir, and possibly points out that Shibin el Kom used to be one of the Roman military camps in

Lower Egypt Lower Egypt ( ') is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, the Nile River split into sev ...

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

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, 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

. The highest record temperature was recorded on June 7, 1961, while the lowest record temperature was recorded on January 23, 1996.

Museums

Denshway Museum

References

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Etymology

Facilities

Climate

Museums

See also

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