Mit Ghamr (egy)

Mit Ghamr

Mit Ghamr ranks 25,287th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kindu, Sretensk, and Lobethal. The most famous people from Mit Ghamr are Gehad Grisha. Mit Ghamr has been the birth place of many referees. Mit Ghamr is located in Egypt.

Mit Ghamr is a city in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. It is located on the banks of the Damietta branch, an eastern distributary of the Nile Delta. It is a major center for the aluminium industry, accounting for more than 70% of Egypt's total production, especially aluminium utensils. Mit Ghamr is the second largest city in Dakahlia Governorate, behind Al Mansurah. The city is historically important as a center of Sufism during the Mamluk era. The city was destroyed three times by fires, the most severe of which occurred in 1902, and each time it was rebuilt. In the modern era it was settled by foreign communities, with a number of notable acts of resistance to the French and British occupations occurring in the city. Mit Ghamr is one of the Egyptian cities that declared its independence in the early twentieth century through what became known as the Sultanate of Mit Ghamr. It is also known as the birthplace of the first savings bank in the Middle East and the first modern Islamic bank in the world. Read more on Wikipedia