Tanta

Short description: City in Gharbia, Egypt

Tanta

طنطا

City

Clockwise from top:
Sheikha Sabah Mosque dome, Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque, Sabil Ali-Bek, Tanta Overview

Nickname(s):

Tanta

Tanta

Location of Tanta within Egypt

Coordinates:  [ ⚑ ] : 30°47′N 31°0′E﻿ / ﻿30.783°N 31°E﻿ / 30.783; 31
Country|  Egypt
Governorate| Gharbia
Area

[1]

• Total| 19.5 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
Elevation

[1]

| 12 m (39 ft)
Population

(2021)[1]

• Total| 576,648
• Density| 30,000/km2 (77,000/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+02:00 (EET)
Area code(s)| (+20) 40

Tanta (Egyptian Arabic: طنطا Ṭanṭa pronounced [ˈtˤɑntˤɑ], Coptic: ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲑⲟ) is a city in Egypt with the country's fifth largest populated area and 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018.[2] Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: 94 km (58 mi) north of Cairo and 130 km (81 mi) southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia Governorate,[3] it is a center for the cotton-ginning industry.[4] One of the major railway lines goes through Tanta.[5][6] Annual festivals are held in Tanta for one week beginning on 11 October celebrating the birthday of Ahmad al-Badawi, a revered Sufi figure of the 13th century, who founded the Badawiyya Tariqa in Egypt and is buried in Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque, the main mosque of Tanta. Tanta is known for its sweet shops and roasted chickpeas.[7]

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 Sites
* 3 Climate
* 4 Notable people
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Overview

The older name of the city is Tandata (Arabic: طندتا) which comes from its Coptic name.[8]

With its large cotton plantations, in 1856, Tanta became a stop on the railway network, primarily for the benefit of exporting its cotton to European markets.[9] The area around Tanta was mostly fields but Tanta had grown into a large crowded city.[10]

This city is a center of celebration in late October at the end of the cotton harvest. Three million people,[3] from around the Delta and other parts of the Arab world, come for the Moulid of Sayid Ahmed el-Badawi,[11] which is a colorful,[12] religious, eight-day celebration. The moulid is centered around the mosque and tomb of Sayid Ahmad al-Badawi,[13] who founded one of Egypt's largest Sufi orders known as Ahmadiyyah or Badawiyya.[14] He was born in Morocco, but emigrated to Arabia, and later was sent to Tanta in AD 1234 as a representative of the order from Iraq. He was granted permission to start a new order in Tanta and it soon flourished into one of Egypt's largest Sufi brotherhoods.[11]

Tanta is famous for its sweet candy made of gelatin, coconut, sesame, peanuts, and chickpeas. Large quantities are sold during the mulid (Arabic: المولد) festivals when many Egyptians visit the city.[15] The sweets have been considered a delicacy since the 1800s.[16]

Tanta has many cotton processing factories and textile industries,[11] and is also a university town with Tanta University since 1972.[17]

The people of Tanta are called by Egyptian slang Tantawi.[18][19]

## Sites

* Montazah garden
* Tanta stadium
* Tanta sporting club
* Tanta teachers club
* Tanta University
* Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox church, which is over 200 years old[20]
* Saint George Cathedral
* Saint Peter Catholic basilica
* The Museum of Tanta contains items from ancient nearby sites of Sais, Naucratis, and Buto, such as pottery and statues.[21][22]
* El Mahallah is a large industrial town near Tanta, famous for its textiles.[11]

* Tanta's city center, Elgeish street.

* Tanta's railway station at night

* Mosque of Elsayyed Elbadawi

* Saint George Cathedral Church

* Tanta Railway Station

* palace in Tanta which was used as a primary school named flowers school

* Tanta Montaza park

* Tanta museum

* Tanta university administration

* Sweets from Tanta

## Climate

As all of Egypt, has a hot desert climate (BWh), according to Köppen-Geiger climate classification system.

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## Notable people

* Magda al-Sabahi or Magda Sabbahi = Magda (1931-2020) actress
* Huda Sultan (1925-2006) singer and actress
* Kamal Amin (1923–1979), artist[24]
* Mahmoud Zulfikar (1914-1970), Film director
* Khairy Beshara, film director
* Abdu al-Hamuli (Arabic: عبده الحامولى) (1836–1901), singer
* Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, (1917–1980) reciter of the Qur'an[25]
* Mohamed Fawzi (1918–1966), composer, singer, and actor[26]
* Naima Akef (1929–1966), actress and circus player
* Doria Shafik (1908–1975), leader of the Women's Liberation Movement in the early 1950s[27]
* Ahmed Hijazi (1936–2011), known as "Hegazy", a caricature artist[28]
* Nasr Abu Zayd (1943–2010), thinker and liberal theologian [29]
* Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962–2018), author[30]
* Amina Rizk (1910–2003), actress
* El-Sayed Nosseir (1905–1977), Olympic Gold medal winner in weightlifting[31]
* Hilana Sedarous first female Egyptian doctor and first female Egyptian gynaecologist
* Maximos V Hakim, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch[32]
* Nabil Farouk, novelist[33][34]

## See also

* List of cities and towns in Egypt
* Nile Delta
* Egyptian festivals

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". https://www.citypopulation.de/en/egypt/cities/?cityid=615.
2. ↑ World Gazetteer. "Statistical information on Tanta, Egypt". http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=gamelan&geo=-69&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=434865100.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Raafat, Shaimaa (October 21, 2014). "Tanta receives 3 million visitors participating in Moulid Al-Sayed Al-Badawy festival". Daily News Egypt. http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/10/21/tanta-receives-3-million-visitors-participating-moulid-al-sayed-al-badawy-festival/.
4. ↑ Chaichian, Mohammad A. (2009). Town and Country in the Middle East: Iran and Egypt in the Transition to Globalization, 1800–1970. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739126776. https://books.google.com/books?id=UVa3JPL64xcC&q=Tanta,+Egypt,+cotton&pg=PA131. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
5. ↑ Ayyad, Mohamed (July 27, 2015). "Siemens, Egyptian Railway sign MoU to develop major lines' sign lighting". Daily News Egypt. http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/07/27/siemens-egyptian-railway-sign-mou-to-develop-major-lines-sign-lighting/.
6. ↑ Seif, Ola R (October 12, 2015). "Train of thoughts". ahram online. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/32/138/152456/Folk/Photo-Heritage/Train-of-thoughts.aspx.
7. ↑ Dan, Richardson; Jacobs, Daniel (February 1, 2013). The Rough Guide to Egypt. Penguin. ISBN 9781409324263. https://books.google.com/books?id=vauRTLpQG0EC&q=SWEET+SHOPS+OF+TANTA&pg=PT536. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
8. ↑ Peust, Carsten. Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten. pp. 94.
9. ↑ Chaichian, Mohammad A. (2009). Town and Country in the Middle East: Iran and Egypt in the Transition to Globalization, 1800–1970. Lexington Books. p. 131. ISBN 9780739126776. https://books.google.com/books?id=UVa3JPL64xcC&q=Tanta. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
10. ↑ Huston, Perdita (2001). Families as We are: Conversations from Around the World. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 63. ISBN 9781558612501. https://archive.org/details/familiesaswearec00hust. Retrieved 17 November 2016. "streets in Tanta Egypt."
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Richadson, Dan; Jacobs, Daniel (August 2, 2010). The Rough Guide to Egypt. Penguin. ISBN 9781405387736. https://books.google.com/books?id=GbGds7xjkngC&q=Tanta,+Egypt&pg=PT947.
12. ↑ Denny, Frederick (September 21, 2015). Introduction to Islam. Routledge. p. 245. ISBN 9781317347279. https://books.google.com/books?id=5h2aCgAAQBAJ&q=streets+in+Tanta+Egypt&pg=PA245. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
13. ↑ Brockman, Norbert (13 September 2011). Encyclopedia of Sacred Places, Volume 1. p. 321. ISBN 9781598846546. https://books.google.com/books?id=JkSk4euA-TEC&q=Tanta,+Egypt&pg=PA321. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
14. ↑ el-Aswad, El-Sayed (July 13, 2012). Muslim Worldviews and Everyday Lives. Rowman Altamira. p. 77. ISBN 9780759121195. https://books.google.com/books?id=CnzhXfJfkAMC&q=Tanta,+Egypt&pg=PA77. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
15. ↑ Marcus, Antoine (13 February 2016). "A Glimpse of Tanta, Egypt's "Boss Town"". http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/02/13/a-glimpse-of-tanta-egypts-boss-town/.
16. ↑ Karl, Baedeker (1885). Egypt: Handbook for Travellers : Part First, Lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the Peninsula of Sinai. Harvard: Karl Baedeker. https://books.google.com/books?id=cfgRAAAAYAAJ&q=Tanta,+Egypt&pg=PA226. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
17. ↑ "Tanta University History". http://www.tanta.edu.eg/en/History.aspx.
18. ↑ Marcus, Antoine (13 February 2016). "A Glimpse of Tanta, Egypt's "Boss Town"". http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/02/13/a-glimpse-of-tanta-egypts-boss-town/.
19. ↑ Elsamadouny, Zeyad. "Night Ride in Tanta". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgOuOWmK35U.
20. ↑ "Christianity in Ebiar Village Tanta". 13 December 2011. https://asenseofbelonging.org/2011/12/13/christianity-in-ebiar-village-tanta/.
21. ↑ "SCA Tanta Museum". http://www.sca-egypt.org/eng/MUS_Tanta.htm.
22. ↑ Hudson, Kenneth; Nicholls, Ann (June 18, 1985). The Directory of Museums & Living Displays. Springer. p. 208. ISBN 9781349070145. https://books.google.com/books?id=w5GvCwAAQBAJ&q=Tanta+Zoological+Garden&pg=PA208. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
23. ↑ "Tanta Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-I/UB/62349.TXT.
24. ↑ "Kamal Amien Bio". http://www.fineart.gov.eg/Eng/CV/CV.asp?IDS=4173.
25. ↑ "Mahmoud Khalil Al Hussary". http://www.assabile.com/mahmoud-khalil-al-hussary-27/mahmoud-khalil-al-hussary.htm.
26. ↑ "Mohamed Fawzy (1918–1966) محمد فوزي". http://www.elcinema.com/en/person/1023332.
27. ↑ Smith, Bonnie G. (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: 4 Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 27. ISBN 9780195148909. https://books.google.com/books?id=EFI7tr9XK6EC&pg=RA3-PA27.
28. ↑ Mahmoud, Sayed (October 24, 2011). "Hegazy, Master of Egyptian cartoons". ahram online. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/25/24875/Arts--Culture/Visual-Art/Hegazy,-Master-of-Egyptian-cartoons.aspx.
29. ↑ "Professor Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd". http://www.arabphilosophers.com/English/philosophers/contemporary/contemporary-names/Nasr_Abuzaid/English_Article_Abuzaid/E_N_Abuzaid.htm.
30. ↑ Yaqoob, Tahira (March 16, 2012). "Ahmed Khaled Towfik, Egypt's doctor of escapism". http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/books/ahmed-khaled-towfik-egypts-doctor-of-escapism.
31. ↑ "Sayed Nossier". https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/sayed-nosseir-1.html.
32. ↑ "Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim †". http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhakimm.html.
33. ↑ "Dr. Nabil Farouk Biography". http://www.rewayat.com/dr_nabil.htm.
34. ↑ Almazroui, Ayesha (March 8, 2015). "If we want to keep Arabic alive, don't blame English". The National. http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/if-we-want-to-keep-arabic-alive-dont-blame-english.

## External links

* Egypt: Handbook for Travellers : Part First, Lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the Peninsula of Sinai by Karl Baedeker (1885)
* Families as We are: Conversations from Around the World by Perdita Huston, 2001
* The Encyclopædia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information by Hugh Chisholm, 1910
* The Coptic Diocese of Tanta

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