Tanta

Tanta (Arabic: طنطا‎)
Nickname(s): El Badawy City
Tanta Location in Egypt
Coordinates:
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Gharbia Governorate
Population (2005)
- Total	1,100,000
Time zone	EST (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	+3 (UTC)

Tanta (Arabic: طنطا‎) is Egypt's 5th largest City, with an estimated 429,000 inhabitants (2008).^[1] Tanta is located 94 km (59 miles) north of Cairo and 130 km (81 miles) southeast of Alexandria. It is the capital of the Gharbiya governorate and a centre for the cotton-ginning industry and the main railroad hub of the Nile Delta. Tanta is known for its sweets, eaten during the mulid (Arabic: المولد‎) festivals. The main streets are Al- Bahr(algeish) Street, Al-Galaa Street, Al-Nahaas Street , Hassan Radwan Street , and Saeed Street.

History

Three annual festivals are held in Tanta in honor of Ahmad al-Badawi, a revered Sufi figure of the 13th century, who founded the El-Ahmadiah tariqah and is buried in the main mosque of the city (see Egyptian festivals). Tanta Website(arabic)

Climate

Famous people born in Tanta

• Kamal Amin (1923) Egyptian Artist

See also

• Nile Delta - Information on the region.
• University of Tanta

Notes

WwW.TantaUni.com

References

• Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Tanta, Egypt". http://www.fallingrain.com/world/EG/5/Tanta.html. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
• Detailed map of Egyptian towns and temples: http://unimaps.com/egypt/index.html