| Abu Hummus | |
| Native Name: | أبو حمص |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Pushpin Map: | Egypt Nile Delta#Egypt |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 31.1006°N 30.3128°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Egypt |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Beheira Governorate |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 542.4 |
| Population Total: | 569,157 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Abu Hummus, also Abu Humus, Abu Hommos, Abu Homos,[2] Abou Homs (ar|أبو حمص) is a town in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, an administrative center of markaz Abu Hummus.
The old name of the town is Shubra Bar or Shunbar [3] which Ramzi derives from Chabriou Kome named after Chabrias.[4] Gauthier derives the modern name from Egyptian hap-m-s "which hides what is in it".[5]
Located midway between the city of Alexandria and the western branch of the Nile Delta, south of Lake Adko, Abu Hummus spans between the Cairo-Alexandria Agricultural Road and the El-Mahmoudeya Canal.[6]
The town has a Local court, City Town Hall, and a railway station. In 1911 Nakhla meteorite landed in the town.[7] [8] [9] Many people witnessed the meteorite approaching from the northwest, inclination about °, along with the track marked with a column of white smoke. Several explosions were heard before it fell to Earth in an area of in diameter, and about forty pieces were recovered;[10] the fragments were buried in the ground up to a metre deep.
, the population of the markaz Abu Hummus was estimated at 348,000.[2] The markaz is known as the site of the Nakhla meteorite.[11]