Damanhur

Damanhur is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is positioned 160 km northwest of Cairo, and 70 km E.S.E. Of Alexandria, inside the middle of the western Nile Delta. In Ancient Egypt, the metropolises become the capital of Lower Egypt's 7th Nome of A mint. It stood on the banks of a canal which related the lake Mareotis with the Canopic or most westerly arm of the Nile. The metropolis turned into devoted to the Ancient Egyptian god Horus. In Greek and Roman instances, it was referred to as Hermopolis Mikra or Hermopolis Parva, which might also deliver it an affiliation with Hermes, the Egyptian Thoth.

As Hermopolis, the metropolis attracted the notice of numerous historical geographers, together with Stephanus of Byzantium. Strabo Ptolemy and the writer of the Antonine Itinerary. In 1799 the town revolted against the French, who cruelly beaten the rebels killing 1,500. In 1986 the populace of Damanhur became 188,939. The richly cultivated Beheira province offers rise to especially agricultural industries which include cotton ginning, potato processing, and date picking.