Sherbin

Sherbin (Arabic: شربين [ʃeɾˈbiːn]) is a town in Egypt, located in the governorate of Dakahlia.[1]

Sherbin
شربين
Town
Markaz of Sherbin (colored Green) in the Dakahlia governorate
Markaz of Sherbin (colored Green) in the Dakahlia governorate
Sherbin is located in Egypt
Sherbin
Sherbin
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31.193889°N 31.524444°E / 31.193889; 31.524444
Country Egypt
GovernorateDakahlia
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
Area code50

Etymology

The etymology isn't fully known, but the general consenses is that it's named Sherbin (Lit. Water Ways) is that the town is on two water ways, the canal of Al-Balamon (ترعة البلامون) and the nile proper thus it's Al-Sherbin (الشربين) which means the two water ways or flows.[2]

History

Sherbin is one of the old towns of Egypt it was mentioned in the Dengawi works,[3] It was also in the works of Al-Gharbiyyah as "شربين" (Arabic for Sherbin).[4] And in Ottoman times it was part of the walayah of Gharbia. At 1826, Sherbin (and the surrounding areas) became a markaz known as "بلاد الأرز شرقا" (lit. Western Rice Countries) It was changed in 1871 to "مركز بلاد الأرز شرقا" (lit. Markaz of the Western Rice Countries) until finally at 1875 it was changed to the current name which is "مركز شربين" meaning Markaz of Sherbin.

Markaz

Sherbin is a Markaz in Dakahlia, and it is subdivided further into one town (Sherbin) and several villages and settlements (قري or عزبات or اكفار)

The Subdivisions of the Markaz of Sherbin
Name Native Name
Sherbin شربين
Mahallat Inshaq محلة انشاق
Dinjaway دنجواي
Busat Karim Al-Deen بساط كريم الدين
Al-Hisas الحصص
Al-Ayyadiyyah العيادية
El-Shennawy كفر الشناوي
Kafr El-Hatabah كفر الحطبة
Kafr El-Dabbusi كفر الدبوسي
Al-Ahmadiyyah عزبة الأحمادية
Kafr El-Shiekh Ateya كفر الشيخ عطية
Al-Awadiyyah العوضية
Al-Dhariyyah الضهرية
The Old Canal كفر الترعة القديم
The New Canal كفر الترعة الجديد
Ras El-Khaleej رأس الخليج
Al-Sabriyyah عزبة الصبرية
Al-Sabriyyah عزبة السعدية
Abu Galal أبو جلال
Al-Salam السلام
Ghaneem ترعة غنيم
Kafr Abu Dhahr كفر أبو زاهر
Kafr El-Atrash كفر ألأطرش
Kafr Youssef كفر يوسف
El-Wekala كفر الوكالة
Monshaat El-Nasr كفر منشأة النصر
Al-Hajj Shirbini كفر الحاج شربيني

See also

References

  1. "Sherbin: Egypt on Geographical Names".
  2. "مدينة شربين". موضوع (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  3. ابن مماتي ص156
  4. ابن الجيعان ص83
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