City in Gharbia, Egypt
Not to be confused with
Tahta .
City in Gharbia, Egypt
Tanta (
Egyptian Arabic : طنطا Ṭanṭa pronounced
[ˈtˤɑntˤɑ] ,
Coptic : ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲑⲟ ) is a city in
Egypt . With a population of 658,798, as of 2018, it is the country's fifth most populous city.
[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]
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 .
Climate data for Tanta, Egypt (1961–1990)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
29.2 (84.6)
32.0 (89.6)
36.8 (98.2)
41.6 (106.9)
45.3 (113.5)
44.7 (112.5)
41.5 (106.7)
42.5 (108.5)
41.2 (106.2)
38.7 (101.7)
35.6 (96.1)
28.2 (82.8)
45.3 (113.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
18.7 (65.7)
19.4 (66.9)
22.1 (71.8)
27.1 (80.8)
31.0 (87.8)
33.6 (92.5)
33.1 (91.6)
32.7 (90.9)
31.6 (88.9)
29.2 (84.6)
24.2 (75.6)
20.3 (68.5)
26.9 (80.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)
12.0 (53.6)
12.8 (55.0)
14.5 (58.1)
18.4 (65.1)
22.1 (71.8)
25.4 (77.7)
26.0 (78.8)
25.8 (78.4)
24.2 (75.6)
21.6 (70.9)
17.5 (63.5)
13.5 (56.3)
19.5 (67.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
6.5 (43.7)
6.6 (43.9)
7.8 (46.0)
11.2 (52.2)
14.3 (57.7)
17.3 (63.1)
19.7 (67.5)
19.7 (67.5)
17.8 (64.0)
15.3 (59.5)
11.5 (52.7)
8.0 (46.4)
13.0 (55.4)
Record low °C (°F)
0.2 (32.4)
0.4 (32.7)
0.8 (33.4)
4.6 (40.3)
8.3 (46.9)
12.0 (53.6)
14.8 (58.6)
16.4 (61.5)
13.7 (56.7)
9.1 (48.4)
5.0 (41.0)
1.6 (34.9)
0.2 (32.4)
Average
precipitation mm (inches)
13 (0.5)
8 (0.3)
7 (0.3)
3 (0.1)
2 (0.1)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
2 (0.1)
4 (0.2)
12 (0.5)
51 (2.1)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
1.7
0.9
0.9
0.5
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.6
1.5
6.6
Average
relative humidity (%)
72
69
68
60
57
58
66
71
69
67
70
71
66.5
Average
dew point °C (°F)
6.6 (43.9)
6.5 (43.7)
8.0 (46.4)
9.8 (49.6)
11.7 (53.1)
15.3 (59.5)
18.8 (65.8)
19.4 (66.9)
17.4 (63.3)
14.3 (57.7)
10.7 (51.3)
7.9 (46.2)
12.2 (54.0)
Mean monthly
sunshine hours
205.6
198.8
256.7
280.3
325.1
357.9
332.6
342.8
280.5
278.0
229.7
205.3
3,293.3
Source: NOAA
[23]
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]
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