Tanta (Arabic: طنطا )
Nickname: El Badawy City, Sheikh El Arab City
Tanta is in the Nile Delta, north of Cairo (top center).
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Coordinates: 30°47′N 31°00′E / 30.783, 31
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Gharbia
Population (2005)
- Total	1,100,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (UTC)
- Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (UTC)
Area code(s)	040
Website: http://www.tantaoffline.com/

Tanta (Arabic: طنطا ) is an Egyptian town, 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 a cotton-ginning center and the main railroad hub of the Nile Delta. Tanta is known for its sweets, eaten during the mulid (Arabic: المولد ) festivals.

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).

See also

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

Notes

References

• Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. Geographical information on Tanta, Egypt (English). Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
• Detailed map of Egyptian towns and temples: http://unimaps.com/egypt/index.html

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