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Alexandria
Alexandria (Arabic: al-Iskandariyya; Coptic: ; ; ; Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه ), with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving approximately 80% of Egypt's imports and exports. Alexandria is also an important tourist resort. Alexandria extends about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in north-central Egypt. It is home to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the new Library). It is an important industrial centre because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez, another city in Egypt.
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Cairo
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Egypt
Egypt (; , Miṣr, ; Egyptian Arabic: مصر, Maṣr, ; Coptic: , ; Greek: Αίγυπτος, Aiguptos; Egyptian:
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Gharbia Governorate
Gharbia Governorate () is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the north of the country, south of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, and north of Monufia Governorate. Its capital is Tanta, which is 90 km from Cairo, and 120 km from Alexandria. The largest city in Gharbia is El-Mahalla El-Kubra. The total area of Gharbia governorate is 25,400 km², making it the tenth largest governorate of Egypt. Its population is 3,790,670 (2001). The first Egyptian president Mohammad Naguib was born in Kafr Alziyatmm, which is located in this governorate.
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Nile Delta
The Nile Delta () is the delta formed in Northern Egypt (Lower Egypt) where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's largest river deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east, it covers some 240 km of Mediterranean coastline—and is a rich agricultural region. From north to south the delta is approximately 160 km in length. The Delta begins slightly down-river from Cairo.
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Tanta

Native name	طنطا
Nickname	El Badawy City
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Population as of	2005
Population total	1,100,000
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Tanta ( ) is a city in Egypt. It is the country's eighth largest populated area, with an estimated 429,000 inhabitants (2008). Tanta is located 94 km (59 miles) north of Cairo and 130 km (81 miles) southeast of Alexandria. The capital of the Gharbia Governorate, it is a centre for the cotton-ginning industry and the main railroad hub of the Nile Delta.

Overview

Tanta is known for its sweets, eaten during the mulid () festivals. The main streets are Al- Bahr(algeish) Street, Al-Galaa Street, Al-Nahaas Street , Hassan Radwan Street , and Saeed Street. Tanta has cotton ginning factories and textile industries, and is also a university town, with an institute attached to the El-Azhar University in Cairo and a medical school associated with Alexandria University, as well as the seat of a Metropolitan of the Coptic Church. This city comes to life in late October at the end of the cotton harvest. About two million people from around the Delta and other parts of the Arab world come for the Moulid of Sayid Ahmed el-Badawi, which is an eight day celebration. The moulid is centered around the Mosque and Tomb of Sayid Ahmed el Badawi. El Badawi was the founder of one of Egypt's largest Sufi orders called Badawiya. He was born in Morocco, but emigrated to Arabia. He was sent to Tanta in 1234 as a representative of the order from Iraq. He was given permission to start a new order in Tanta and it soon flourished. His tomb was destroyed in the mid-nineteenth century but another was built and is the center of the festival. During the festival many sugar-coated nuts called 'hubb el Azziz' ('seeds of the Beloved Prophet') are eaten. They have been considered a delicacy since ancient times. The Museum of Tanta contains collections from the present day back to Pharaonic times.

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).Ahmed Dawod

Climate

Famous people born in Tanta

Kamal Amin (Arabic: كمال أمين ‎) (1923 - 1979) Egyptian Artist.

Abdu Al-Hamouli (Arabic: عبده الحامولي‎) (1836 - 1901) The Greatest Arab-Egyptain Singer In The Second Half Of 1800's.

Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary (Arabic: محمود خليل الحصري‎) (1917 - 1980) a renowned reciter of the Qur'ân.

Mohamed Fawzi (Arabic: محمد فوزي‎), (1918 - 1966) Egyptian composer & singer & actor.

Hoda Sultan (Arabic: هدى سلطان‎) (1925 - 2006) Egyptian singer & actress.

naema Akef (Arabic: نعيمة عاكف‎) (1939 - 1966) Egyptian bellydance & movie superstar.

Doria Shafiq (Arabic: درية شفيق‎) (1908 - 1975) was one of the women who led the women's liberation movement in Egypt in the early 1950s>

soheir al morshedy (Arabic: سهير المرشدي‎) (1946 - ) Egyptian actress.

Mustafa Kamil (Arabic: ) (1874 - 1908) Egyptian nationalist leader, orator, and editor.

Gamil shafik (Arabic: ) (1938 - ) Egyptian Artist.

Ahmed Hegazy (1936 - ) popularly known as "Hegazy" - caricature artist.

Nasr Abu Zayd "Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd" (1943 - 2010) Egyptian Qur'anic thinker & one of the leading liberal theologians in Islam.

Hosam Fawzy Inventor of the T-3 ring.

Ahmed Khaled Tawfik () (1962) Egyptian author.

Ahmed Mohamed Dawod (Arabic: احمد داود‎) (1993) Egyption Engineer.

Notes

References

Detailed map of Egyptian towns and temples: http://unimaps.com/egypt/index.html

External links

Tanta Website(arabic)

Photos of Tanta Mawlid

Category:Gharbia Governorate Category:Governorate capitals in Egypt Category:Populated places in Egypt Category:Nile River Delta

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