Tanta

Tanta ( ) is a ceety in Egyp. It is the kintra's fift maistmuckle populatit area, wi an estimatit 429,000 indwallers (2008). 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
Tanta is kent for its sweets, eaten durin the mulid () 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
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

See an aa

 Nile Delta - Information on the region.
 University o Tanta.
 http://www.coptictanta.com .

Notes

References

 Detailed cairt o Egyptian towns an temples: http://unimaps.com/egypt/index.html

Freemit airtins
 Tanta Wabsteid (arabic) 
 Photos o Tanta Mawlid 

Category:Gharbia Govrenorate
Category:Govrenorate caipitals in Egyp
Category:Populatit places in Egyp
Category:Nile River Delta