Kawm Ḩamādah, Egypt
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Kawm Ḩamādah is a town of 55,652 people in Beheira, Egypt.
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History
After the French campaign arrived to the west of Alexandria on July 2, 1798, AD, they marched into the city and occupied it and then by Napoleon took a march on Cairo through Damanhur, where he was able to occupy Rosetta on July 6 and reached Rahmaniyah, a village on the Nile, during which the Mamluks were preparing an army to confront The French armies led by Murad Bey, where the two armies met near Shubra Khit on July 13, 1798, CE.
From the History section of Kom Hamada on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Sphinx International Airport (SPX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 75 km away.
- Tanta 29 km east, about 29 min by car
- Disūq 42 km north, about 42 min by car
- Quwaysinā 49 km southeast, about 49 min by car
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá 50 km northeast, about 50 min by car
- Kafr ad Dawwār 68 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Al Mansurah 72 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Ţalkhā 72 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Zagazig 79 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Shubrā al Khaymah 88 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Alexandria 89 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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