Abu El Matamir
City
Abu El Matamir view
Abu El Matamir Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°54′30″N 30°08′55″E / 30.908411°N 30.148487°E / 30.908411; 30.148487
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beheira Governorate
Population (2006)
• Total	44,415
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Abu El Matamir (Arabic: ابو المطامير pronounced [abol.mɑtˤɑˈmiːɾ]) is a city in Egypt. In 2006, it had a population of 44,415.^[1]

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 ابو "attributed"/"belonging"/father" and المطامير "the plummets".

Climate

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

Climate data for Abu El Matamir
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	18.2 (64.8)	18.9 (66.0)	21.5 (70.7)	25.4 (77.7)	28.8 (83.8)	31.2 (88.2)	31.6 (88.9)	32.1 (89.8)	30.4 (86.7)	28.8 (83.8)	24.6 (76.3)	20.2 (68.4)	26.0 (78.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	13.1 (55.6)	13.7 (56.7)	15.8 (60.4)	19 (66)	22.6 (72.7)	25.4 (77.7)	26.3 (79.3)	26.6 (79.9)	25.2 (77.4)	23 (73)	19.2 (66.6)	15 (59)	20.4 (68.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	8.1 (46.6)	8.6 (47.5)	10.2 (50.4)	12.6 (54.7)	16.4 (61.5)	19.6 (67.3)	21 (70)	21.1 (70.0)	20 (68)	17.3 (63.1)	13.9 (57.0)	9.8 (49.6)	14.9 (58.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	25 (1.0)	20 (0.8)	6 (0.2)	5 (0.2)	2 (0.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (0.2)	16 (0.6)	26 (1.0)	105 (4.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[2]

Notable people

Mohamed Ibrahim (footballer, born 1992)

References

^ "Egypt:Governorates and Major Cities". City Population.de. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
^ "Climate: Abu al Matamir - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

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