Shibin El Kom
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Coordinates: 30°33′31″N 31°0′36″E / 30.55861°N 31.01000°E
Shibin El Kom
شبين الكوم | |
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City | |
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![]() Location in Monufia Governorate | |
Coordinates: 30°33′31″N 31°00′36″E / 30.55861°N 31.01000°E | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Monufia |
Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Population (2012) | |
• City | 186,345 |
• Metro | 630,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Area code | (+20) 48 |
Shibin El Kom (Arabic: شبين الكوم pronounced [ʃɪˈbiːn elˈkoːm], colloquially shortened to Shibin) is a city in Egypt's Nile Delta, and the capital of the Monufia Governorate.[1] It was previously known as Shaybin al-Sara (Arabic: شيبين السرى) the first part of which Ramzi connects to Arabic: أشيب ʾašyab "grey-coloured, old".[2][3]
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 Telecom Egypt, 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 Egypt.
The highest record temperature was 48 °C (118 °F) recorded on June 7, 1961, while the lowest record temperature was −3 °C (27 °F) recorded on January 23, 1996.[4]
Museums
Climate data for Shibin Al Kawm, Egypt | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 31 (88) |
37 (99) |
40 (104) |
46 (115) |
44 (111) |
48 (118) |
44 (111) |
44 (111) |
44 (111) |
41 (106) |
39 (102) |
33 (91) |
48 (118) |
Average high °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
21 (70) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
25 (77) |
20.5 (68.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
14.1 (57.4) |
20.5 (69.0) |
Average low °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
11 (52) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −3 (27) |
−2 (28) |
0 (32) |
3 (37) |
9 (48) |
10 (50) |
17 (63) |
14 (57) |
16 (61) |
10 (50) |
2 (36) |
−2 (28) |
−3 (27) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7 (0.3) |
6 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (0.1) |
4 (0.2) |
8 (0.3) |
32 (1.3) |
Source 1: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Voodoo Skies[4] for record temperatures |
See also
References
- ^ "Sheben El Koum". Monofeya Egypt Governorate. Archived from the original on 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ ابن مماتي ص156
- ^ Peust, Carsten. Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. p. 85.
- ^ a b "Shibin el-Kom, Egypt". Voodoo Skies. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ "Climate: Shibin Al-Kom - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
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