Tanta
Tanta (Arabic: طنطا Ṭanṭā) is a ceety in Egyp. It is the kintra's fift lairgest populatit aurie, wi an estimatit 429,000 indwallers (2008).[1] Tanta is locatit 94 km (59 mile) north o Cairo an 130 km (81 mile) sootheast o Alexandria. It is the caipital o the Gharbia Govrenorate, it is a centre for the cotton-ginnin industry an the main railwey hub o the Nile Delta.
Owerview[eedit | eedit soorce]
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 varsity 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 hairst. 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 centred 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 gien permission tae stairt a new order in Tanta an it suin flourished. His tomb wis destroyed in the mid-nineteent century but anither wis biggit an is the centre o the festival. Durin the festival mony succar-coatit nuts cried 'hubb el Azziz' ('seeds o the Beloved Prophet') are eaten. Thay hae been considered a delicacy syne auncient times. The Museum o Tanta contains collections frae the present day back tae Pharaonic times.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
Three annual festivals are held in Tanta in honour 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).
Climate[eedit | eedit soorce]
| Climate data for Tanta | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °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) |
| Average law °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) |
14 (57) |
| 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 (2.0) |
| Source: Climate Charts [2] | |||||||||||||
See an aa[eedit | eedit soorce]
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Tanta. |
- Nile Delta - Information on the region.
- University o Tanta.
- http://www.coptictanta.com Archived 2020-11-29 at the Wayback Machine.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gharbia_Governorate.
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ World Gazetteer. "Statistical information on Tanta, Egypt". Archived frae the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2008.
- ↑ "Tanta, Egypt: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data". Climate Charts. Archived frae the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Tanta, Egypt". Retrieved 6 Apryle 2008.
- Detailed cairt o Egyptian towns an temples: http://unimaps.com/egypt/index.html
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Tanta Wabsteid (arabic) Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Photos o Tanta Mawlid Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
