Sherbin

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]

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.

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

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