With Ghamr - Mīt Ghamr

With Ghamr · ‏ميت غمر‎
GovernorateDaqahlīya
Residents
121.039 (2006)
height
19 m
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With Ghamr

With Ghamr (also Meet Ghamr, Arabic:ميت غمر‎, With Ghamr) is a egyptian City in Nile Delta in the Governorateed-Daqahlīya with about 117,000 inhabitants. It is located on the (right) east bank of the Damietta arm of the Nile, exactly opposite its sister city Ziftā.

background

Location and importance

The city is located almost in the center of the Nile Delta about 90 kilometers north of Cairo. Many other large cities are quite a short distance away: el-Manṣūra is located about 45 kilometers away in the northeast, ez-Zaqāzīq about 30 kilometers away in the southeast, Banhā about 35 kilometers away in the south, Ṭanṭā in about 30 kilometers to the west and el-Maḥalla el-Kubrā about 30 kilometers away in the north.

In the west, the city is bounded by the Damietta arm of the Nile. In the east crosses the Taufīqī Canal, Arabic:الرياح التوفيقي‎, ar-Raiyāḥ at-Taufīqī, the town. Most of the city is south of the railway line.

The name of the city suggests that it was once a flooded wasteland.

history

Mīt Ghamr has been mentioned by Arabic authors since the Middle Ages. At the beginning of the 14th century Mīt Ghamr belonged together with the city of zusammenahragt el-Kubrā to a diocese.[1]

In 1672 the Dominican priest Johann Michael Wansleben (1635–1679) arrived by boat on the journey from Dumyāṭ to Cairo over here and noted:

“Halfway between Damietta and Cairo is Mitgamr, a very beautiful and large city, located on the east side of the Nile. We landed there and I found a lot of beautiful houses and a spacious [beautiful] bazaar or marketplace where all kinds of food were supposed to be sold. There are also a lot of Coptic Christians here. "[2]

With around 117,000 inhabitants[3] (1928 12.000[4]) Mīt Ghamr is the second largest city in ed-Daqahlīya Governorate. The aluminum industry located here, which generates 70% of the total production in Egypt, is of great importance. There are also brick factories and iron trade. In the surrounding area, wheat, rice and cotton are mainly grown in agriculture.

orientation

Significant streets are Būr Saʿīd St. (Arabic:شارع بور سعيد, Port Said St.), Ahmed Orabi St. (Arabic:شارع أحمد عرابي), The el-Geish St. (Arabic:شارع الجيش) And Mecca el-Makrama St. (Arabic:شارع مكة المكرمة‎).

getting there

City map of Mīt Ghamr

By train

Mīt Ghamr is out with trains Cairo (Ramsis Sq.), Ṭanṭā and ez-Zaqāzīq reachable. The 1 Mīt Ghamr railway station is located in the north of the city on the south side of the track system.

In the street

To the east the city is accessed by the highway from Banhā to el-Manṣūra bypassed. In the area of ​​the motorway exit, the motorway pushes off ez-Zaqāzīq added. On the motorway you can go around Mīt Ghamr in the north and the Nile via one 2 bridge cross. From here you can also get to Ziftā.

By bus

Service taxis and buses depart from el-Manṣūra, ez-Zaqāzīq, Banhā, Ṭanṭā and Cairo. The central one 3 Bus station is located north of the railway line. The Cairo bus station is located in ʿAbūd (Arabic:عبود). Traveling with a service taxi from Cairo costs LE 5 (as of 10/2011).

Arrival is also possible via Ziftā.

mobility

To the west of the station and on the canal in the east there are crossings over the tracks. The railway bridge to Ziftā is also used for vehicle traffic.

Tourist Attractions

Mosques

  • Ghamrī mosque (‏مسجد الغمري‎, Masǧid al-Ghamrī)
  • Prince Ḥamād's mosque (‏زاوية (مسجد) الأمير حماد‎, Zāwiya (Masǧid) al-Amīr Ḥamād). The mosque dates from 1615.

Churches

The Coptic Orthodox churches belong to the diocese of el-Daqahlīya with the seat in el-Manṣūra.

  • 1  Church of St. George (‏كنيسة مارجرجس‎, Kanīsat Mār Girgis), el-Asmar St.. In a major fire in the city around 1920, the church was spared. Visitors to the church believed they saw the mounted saint above the church.(30 ° 42 '47 "N.31 ° 15 ′ 21 ″ E)
  • 2  Church of St. Virgin (‏كنيسة السيدة العذراء‎, Kanīsat as-Saiyida al-ʿAdhrāʾ) (30 ° 43 '42 "N.31 ° 15 ′ 49 ″ E)
  • Protestant church (‏الكنيسة الانجيلية‎, al-Kanīsat al-Inǧīlīya), Madrasa aṣ-Ṣadīq St.. Coptic Evangelical Church.

Buildings

  • 3  Nu'man-'Ashur Palace of Culture (‏قصر ثقافة نعمان عاشور‎, Qaṣr Thaqāfa Nuʿmān ʿĀschūr) (30 ° 43 '14 "N.31 ° 15 ′ 7 ″ E)
  • 4  Ziftā Bridge (‏كوبري زفتي‎, Kūbrī Ziftā). The bridge connects the city with its sister city Ziftā. The 417 meter long iron bridge was built in 1906 by British engineers.(30 ° 43 ′ 21 ″ N.31 ° 15 ′ 4 ″ E)
  • 5  Ziftā weir (‏قناطر زفتى‎, Qanāṭir Ziftā). In 1881 the construction of the weir began. The weir was completed in the first phase in 1903 and finally in 1952. The weir has 50 openings with a width of 5 meters. There is a lock on the right side of the river.(30 ° 44 '35 "N.31 ° 14 '23 "E)

There are also other sights in the neighboring town Ziftā.

activities

shop

kitchen

  • Aulad el Balad restaurant, 26th July St.. Tel.: 20 (0)50 690 4410.
  • El Esraa restaurant, Saad Zaghloul St.. Tel.: 20 (0)50 691 6872. Egyptian cuisine.

accommodation

There is no hotel accommodation in the city. There are hotels in the nearby towns Ṭanṭā, ez-Zaqāzīq and el-Maḥalla el-Kubrā.

Learn

In the village of Tafahnā al-Ashrāf (Arabic:تفهنا الأشراف) There is a branch of Al-Azhar University.

health

There are several hospitals in the city. These include:

  • With Ghamr Oncology Center, El Horreya St.. Tel.: 20 (0)50 695 6572, Fax: 20 (0)50 695 6571. Cancer clinic.

Practical advice

Police and passport office

Banks

Post office

trips

Near the city are the Church of St. Virgin in Daqādūs and the Church of St. George in Mīt Damsīs.

There are historical mosques in a few villages near the city: The el-Mitwallī mosque (Arabic:مسجد المتولي منصور الخولي‎, Masǧid al-Mitwallī Manṣūr al-Chūlī) in Baschālūsch (Arabic:بشالوش) Dates from 1859, which was built in 1853 Hilāl-el-Bey Mosque (Arabic:مسجد هلال البيه‎, Masǧid Hilāl al-Bey) is in Kaum en-Nūr (Arabic:كوم النور), And the Aḥmad Nāfid Mosque (Arabic:مسجد أحمد نافع‎, Masǧid Aḥmad Nāfiʿ) in 1 Dundīṭ(30 ° 41 ′ 16 ″ N.31 ° 18 ′ 34 ″ E), Arabic:دنديط, Dated to the year 1853/1854 (1270 AH).

Ten kilometers southeast of the city is the hill of ruins 6 Tell el-Muqdām(30 ° 40 ′ 59 ″ N.31 ° 21 ′ 18 ″ E) north of the village of Kafr el-Muqdām, Arabic:كفر المقدام, With the few remains of a temple complex of Osorkon II (22nd Dynasty). Here was the ancient place Leontopolis, the lion city.

literature

  • Timm, Stefan: Minyat Ġamr. In:Christian Coptic Egypt in Arab times; Vol. 4: M - P. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1988, Supplements to the Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East: Series B, Geisteswissenschaften; 41.4, ISBN 978-3-88226-211-7 , P. 1659.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑Muyser, Jacob: Contribution à l’étude des listes épiscopales de l’Église copte. In:Bulletin de la Société d’Archéologie Copte (BSAC), vol.10 (1944), Pp. 115-176, especially pp. 139, 150.
  2. ↑P [ère] Vansleb [Wansleben, Johann Michael]: Nouvélle Relation En forme de Iournal, D’Vn Voyage Fait En Egypte: En 1672. & 1673. Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1677, P. 114 f. — Vansleb, F [ather]: The present state of Egypt: or, A new relation of a late voyage into the kingdom, performed in the years 1672 and 1673. London: John Starkey, 1678, P. 71.
  3. ↑Egypt: Governorates & Major Cities, citypopulation.de, accessed April 19, 2014.
  4. ↑Baedeker, Karl: Egypt and the Sûdan: Handbook for Travelers. Leipzig: Baedeker, 1928 (8th edition), P. 177.
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