Mit Ghamr

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Mit Ghamr is an industrial and commercial city in Egypt’s Nile Delta, known historically as a center for aluminum production and early Islamic banking experiments.

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Mit Ghamr canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
populated place
administrativeRole markaz (district) center
belongsTo Arab Republic of Egypt NERFINISHED
climate hot desert climate
continent Africa
country Egypt
countrySubdivision Dakahlia Governorate NERFINISHED
currency Egyptian pound NERFINISHED
demographics predominantly Egyptian population
economicImportance regional industrial hub in Dakahlia Governorate
governingCountryCapital Cairo NERFINISHED
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasEconomicActivity commerce
industry
hasEconomicSector retail trade
services
small-scale manufacturing
hasFeature commercial markets
industrial zone
hasHistoricalEvent establishment of early Islamic savings bank in the 1960s
hasHistoricalRole pioneer of Islamic banking
hasIndustry aluminum industry
manufacturing
trade
hasNameInLanguage ميت غمر
hasNearbyRiver Nile NERFINISHED
hasTransport river transport
road network
hasUrbanForm mixed residential and industrial areas
historicalSignificance site of one of the first modern Islamic savings banks
knownFor aluminum production
early Islamic banking experiments
languageUsed Arabic
locatedIn Nile Delta NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Dakahlia Governorate NERFINISHED
locatedOn Damietta branch of the Nile NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Arabic
partOf Lower Egypt NERFINISHED
region Arab world NERFINISHED
Middle East
religionMajority Islam
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
writingSystem Arabic script

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Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt majorCity Mit Ghamr
subject surface form: Dakahlia Governorate
Dakahlia Governorate hasCity Mit Ghamr