Tanta (Arabic: طنطا Ṭanṭā) is a ceety in Egyp.
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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.
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.
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 data for Tanta | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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