Tanta ya kasan ce wani birni ne a cikin Misira tare da yanki mafi girma na biyar a ƙasar kuma mazauna 658,798 kamar na 2018. Tanta yana tsakanin Alkahira da Alexandria: kilomita 94 (58 mi) arewacin Alkahira da kuma kilomita 130 (81 mi) kudu maso gabashin Alexandria. Babban birnin Gharbia Governorate, cibiya ce ta masana'antar auduga. Ofayan manyan layukan jirgin ƙasa sun ratsa ta Tanta. Ana gudanar da bukukuwa na shekara-shekara a cikin garin Tanta na tsawon mako guda wanda zai fara daga ranar 11 ga watan Oktoba don murnar zagayowar ranar haihuwar Ahmad al-Badawi, wani adinin Sufaye na karni na 13, wanda ya kafa Badawiyya Tariqa a Misira kuma aka binne shi a Masallacin Ahmad Al-Badawi, babban masallacin Tanta. An san Tanta da shagunan alawa da kuma gasasshen kaji. Sunan babban garin shine <big>Tandata<big> wanda ya zo daga sunanta na Koftik. Tare da manyan gonakin auduga, a cikin 1856, Tanta ya zama tasha a kan hanyar jirgin ƙasa, da farko don amfanin fitar da audugar zuwa kasuwannin Turai. Yankin da ke kusa da Tanta galibi filaye ne amma Tanta ya girma ya zama babban birni mai cunkoson jama'a.