Tanta

Tanta (Arabic: طنطا‎ Ṭanṭā) is a ceety in Egyp. It is the kintra's fift lairgest populatit aurie, wi an estimatit 429,000 inhabitants (2008). Tanta is locatit 94 km (59 miles) north o Cairo an 130 km (81 miles) sootheast o Alexandria. It is the caipital o the Gharbia Govrenorate, it is a centre for the cotton-ginnin industry an the main railroad hub o the Nile Delta.

Owerview

Tanta is kent for its sweets, eaten durin the mulid (Arabic: المولد‎) festivals. The main streets are Al- Bahr (algeish) Street, Al-Galaa Street, Al-Nahaas Street , Hassan Radwan Street, Alnady street an Saeed Street. Tanta haes cotton ginnin factories an textile industries, an is an' a' a university toun (Tanta University syne 1972) an an institute attached tae the El-Azhar University in Cairo as well as the seat o a Metropolitan o the Coptic Kirk. This ceety comes tae life in late October at the end o the cotton harvest. Aboot twa million fowk frae aroond the Delta an ither pairts o the Arab warld come for the Moulid o Sayid Ahmed el-Badawi, which is an aicht day celebration. The moulid is centered aroond the Mosque an Tomb o Sayid Ahmed el Badawi. El Badawi wis the foonder o ane o Egyp's lairgest Sufi orders cried Badawiya. He wis born in Morocco, but emigratit tae Arabie. He wis sent tae Tanta in 1234 as a representative o the order frae Iraq. He wis given permission tae stairt a new order in Tanta an it suin flourished. His tomb wis destroyed in the mid-nineteent century but anither wis built an is the center o the festival. Durin the festival mony sugar-coatit nuts cried 'hubb el Azziz' ('seeds o the Beloved Prophet') are eaten. They hae been considered a delicacy syne auncient times. The Museum o Tanta contains collections frae the present day back tae Pharaonic times.

History

Three annual festivals are held in Tanta in honor o Ahmad al-Badawi, a revered Sufi figure o the 13t century, who foondit the El-Ahmadiah tariqah an is buried in the main mosque o the ceety (see Egyptian festivals).

See an aa

Wikimedia Commons haes media adae wi:

Tanta

• Nile Delta - Information on the region.
• University o Tanta.
• http://www.coptictanta.com.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gharbia_Governorate.

References

• Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. Geographical information on Tanta, Egypt. Retrieved on 6 Apryle 2008. .
• Detailed map of Egyptian towns and temples: http://unimaps.com/egypt/index.html

Freemit airtins

• Tanta Wabsteid (arabic)
• Photos o Tanta Mawlid