tanta

The older name of the city is Tandata ({{Langx|arz|طندتا}}) which comes from its Coptic name {{lang|cop|ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲑⲟ}}{{Cite book|last=Peust|first=Carsten|title=Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten|pages=94}} ({{IPA|cop|dɑnˈdɑto|label=late Coptic:}}).

With its large cotton plantations, in 1856, Tanta became a stop on the railway network, primarily for the benefit of exporting its cotton to European markets.{{cite book|last1=Chaichian|first1=Mohammad A.|title=Town and Country in the Middle East: Iran and Egypt in the Transition to Globalization, 1800–1970|date=2009|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739126776|page=131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UVa3JPL64xcC&q=Tanta|access-date=18 November 2016}} The area around Tanta was mostly fields but Tanta had grown into a large crowded city.{{cite book|last1=Huston|first1=Perdita|title=Families as We are: Conversations from Around the World|date=2001|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=9781558612501|url=https://archive.org/details/familiesaswearec00hust|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/familiesaswearec00hust/page/63 63]|quote=streets in Tanta Egypt.|access-date=17 November 2016}}

This city is a center of celebration in late October at the end of the cotton harvest. Three million people,{{cite news|last1=Raafat |first1=Shaimaa|title=Tanta receives 3 million visitors participating in Moulid Al-Sayed Al-Badawy festival |url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/10/21/tanta-receives-3-million-visitors-participating-moulid-al-sayed-al-badawy-festival/ |access-date=17 November 2016|agency=Daily News Egypt|date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117213153/http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/10/21/tanta-receives-3-million-visitors-participating-moulid-al-sayed-al-badawy-festival/|archive-date=17 November 2016}} from around the Delta and other parts of the Arab world, come for the Moulid of Sayid Ahmed el-Badawi, which is a colorful,{{cite book |last1=Denny|first1=Frederick|title=Introduction to Islam|date=September 21, 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317347279|page=245 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5h2aCgAAQBAJ&q=streets+in+Tanta+Egypt&pg=PA245|access-date=16 November 2016}} religious, eight-day celebration. The moulid is centered around the mosque and tomb of Sayid Ahmad al-Badawi,{{cite book|last1=Brockman|first1=Norbert|title=Encyclopedia of Sacred Places, Volume 1 |date=13 September 2011|isbn=9781598846546 |page=321|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JkSk4euA-TEC&q=Tanta%2C+Egypt&pg=PA321|access-date=15 November 2016}} who founded one of Egypt's largest Sufi orders known as Ahmadiyyah or Badawiyya.{{cite book|last1=el-Aswad|first1=El-Sayed |title=Muslim Worldviews and Everyday Lives|date=July 13, 2012|publisher=Rowman Altamira|isbn=9780759121195|page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CnzhXfJfkAMC&q=Tanta%2C+Egypt&pg=PA77|access-date=16 November 2016}} He was born in Morocco, but emigrated to Arabia, and later was sent to Tanta in AD 1234 as a representative of the order from Iraq. He was granted permission to start a new order in Tanta and it soon flourished into one of Egypt's largest Sufi brotherhoods.

Tanta is famous for its sweet candy made of gelatin, coconut, sesame, peanuts, and chickpeas. Large quantities are sold during the mulid ({{langx|ar|المولد}}) festivals when many Egyptians visit the city.{{cite web|last1=Marcus|first1=Antoine|title=A Glimpse of Tanta, Egypt's "Boss Town" |url=http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/02/13/a-glimpse-of-tanta-egypts-boss-town/|website=Egyptian Streets|date=13 February 2016|access-date=17 November 2016}} The sweets have been considered a delicacy since the 1800s.{{cite book|last1=Karl|first1=Baedeker|title=Egypt: Handbook for Travellers : Part First, Lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the Peninsula of Sinai|date=1885|publisher=Karl Baedeker |location=Harvard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfgRAAAAYAAJ&q=Tanta%2C+Egypt&pg=PA226 |access-date=16 November 2016}}

Tanta has many cotton processing factories and textile industries,{{cite book|last1=Richadson |first1=Dan|last2=Jacobs |first2=Daniel |title=The Rough Guide to Egypt|date=August 2, 2010|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781405387736|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbGds7xjkngC&q=Tanta%2C+Egypt&pg=PT947}} and is also a university town with Tanta University since 1972.{{cite web|title=Tanta University History |url=http://www.tanta.edu.eg/en/History.aspx|website=Tanta University|access-date=16 November 2016}}

The people of Tanta are called by Egyptian slang {{Transliteration|arz|Tantawi}}.{{cite web|last1=Marcus |first1=Antoine |title=A Glimpse of Tanta, Egypt's "Boss Town"|url=http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/02/13/a-glimpse-of-tanta-egypts-boss-town/ |website=Egyptian Streets|date=13 February 2016 |access-date=17 November 2016|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011212854/http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/02/13/a-glimpse-of-tanta-egypts-boss-town |archive-date=11 October 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Elsamadouny|first1=Zeyad|title=Night Ride in Tanta|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgOuOWmK35U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/ZgOuOWmK35U |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|website=Youtube|access-date=17 November 2016}}{{cbignore}}

• Ahmad al-Badawi Mosque
• Tanta Stadium
• Tanta University
• Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, which is over 200 years old{{cite web|title=Christianity in Ebiar Village Tanta|url=https://asenseofbelonging.org/2011/12/13/christianity-in-ebiar-village-tanta/|website=A Sense of Belonging|date=13 December 2011|access-date=17 November 2016}}
• Saint George Cathedral
• Saint Peter Catholic Basilica
• The Museum of Tanta contains items from ancient nearby sites of Sais, Naucratis, and Buto, such as pottery and statues.{{cite web|title=SCA Tanta Museum|url=http://www.sca-egypt.org/eng/MUS_Tanta.htm|website=Supreme Council of Antiquities|access-date=17 November 2016}}{{cite book|last1=Hudson|first1=Kenneth|last2=Nicholls|first2=Ann|title=The Directory of Museums & Living Displays|date=June 18, 1985|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349070145|page=208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w5GvCwAAQBAJ&q=Tanta+Zoological+Garden&pg=PA208|access-date=17 November 2016}}
• El Mahallah is a large industrial town near Tanta, famous for its textiles.

File:Tanta-1.jpg|Tanta's city center, Elgeish street.

File:Mehata1-Tanta.jpg|Tanta Station at Night

File:Mosque of St. Ahmed El-Badawi.jpg|Ahmad al-Badawi Mosque

File:كنيسة مارى جرجس بطنطا.jpg|Saint George Cathedral

File:TantaFerialPalace.jpg|palace in Tanta which was used as a primary school named flowers school

File:TantaPark.jpg|Tanta Montaza park

File:متحف أثار طنطا.jpg|Tanta Museum

File:صورة جامعة طنطا.jpg|Tanta University

As all of Egypt, has a hot desert climate (BWh), according to Köppen-Geiger climate classification system.

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|metric first = yes

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|Jan record high C=29.2

|Feb record high C=32.0

|Mar record high C=36.8

|Apr record high C=41.6

|May record high C=45.3

|Jun record high C=44.7

|Jul record high C=41.5

|Aug record high C=42.5

|Sep record high C=41.2

|Oct record high C=38.7

|Nov record high C=35.6

|Dec record high C=28.2

|Jan high C = 18.7

|Feb high C = 19.4

|Mar high C = 22.1

|Apr high C = 27.1

|May high C = 31.0

|Jun high C = 33.6

|Jul high C = 33.1

|Aug high C = 32.7

|Sep high C = 31.6

|Oct high C = 29.2

|Nov high C = 24.2

|Dec high C = 20.3

|year high C = 26.9

|Jan mean C=12.0

|Feb mean C=12.8

|Mar mean C=14.5

|Apr mean C=18.4

|May mean C=22.1

|Jun mean C=25.4

|Jul mean C=26.0

|Aug mean C=25.8

|Sep mean C=24.2

|Oct mean C=21.6

|Nov mean C=17.5

|Dec mean C=13.5

|year mean C=19.5

|Jan low C = 6.5

|Feb low C = 6.6

|Mar low C = 7.8

|Apr low C = 11.2

|May low C = 14.3

|Jun low C = 17.3

|Jul low C = 19.7

|Aug low C = 19.7

|Sep low C = 17.8

|Oct low C = 15.3

|Nov low C = 11.5

|Dec low C = 8.0

|year low C = 13.0

|Jan record low C=0.2

|Feb record low C=0.4

|Mar record low C=0.8

|Apr record low C=4.6

|May record low C=8.3

|Jun record low C=12.0

|Jul record low C=14.8

|Aug record low C=16.4

|Sep record low C=13.7

|Oct record low C=9.1

|Nov record low C=5.0

|Dec record low C=1.6

|precipitation colour = green

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|Feb precipitation mm = 8

|Mar precipitation mm = 7

|Apr precipitation mm = 3

|May precipitation mm = 2

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|Sep precipitation mm = 0

|Oct precipitation mm = 2

|Nov precipitation mm = 4

|Dec precipitation mm = 12

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|Feb precipitation days = 0.9

|Mar precipitation days = 0.9

|Apr precipitation days = 0.5

|May precipitation days = 0.2

|Jun precipitation days = 0.0

|Jul precipitation days = 0.0

|Aug precipitation days = 0.0

|Sep precipitation days = 0.0

|Oct precipitation days = 0.3

|Nov precipitation days = 0.6

|Dec precipitation days = 1.5

|year precipitation days = 6.6

|Jan humidity = 72

|Feb humidity = 69

|Mar humidity = 68

|Apr humidity = 60

|May humidity = 57

|Jun humidity = 58

|Jul humidity = 66

|Aug humidity = 71

|Sep humidity = 69

|Oct humidity = 67

|Nov humidity = 70

|Dec humidity = 71

|year humidity = 66.5

| Jan dew point C = 6.6

| Feb dew point C = 6.5

| Mar dew point C = 8.0

| Apr dew point C = 9.8

| May dew point C = 11.7

| Jun dew point C = 15.3

| Jul dew point C = 18.8

| Aug dew point C = 19.4

| Sep dew point C = 17.4

| Oct dew point C = 14.3

| Nov dew point C = 10.7

| Dec dew point C = 7.9

| year dew point C = 12.2

|Jan sun = 205.6

|Feb sun = 198.8

|Mar sun = 256.7

|Apr sun = 280.3

|May sun = 325.1

|Jun sun = 357.9

|Jul sun = 332.6

|Aug sun = 342.8

|Sep sun = 280.5

|Oct sun = 278.0

|Nov sun = 229.7

|Dec sun = 205.3

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|source 1 = NOAA{{cite web

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| archive-date = October 4, 2023

| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-I/UB/62349.TXT

| title = Tanta Climate Normals 1961–1990

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = October 4, 2023}}

}}

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• [https://books.google.com/books?id=cfgRAAAAYAAJ&dq=Tanta%2C+Egypt&pg=PA226 Egypt: Handbook for Travellers : Part First, Lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the Peninsula of Sinai by Karl Baedeker (1885)]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bq6Ls2g4bZ0C&dq=streets+in+Tanta+Egypt&pg=PA63 Families as We are: Conversations from Around the World by Perdita Huston, 2001]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=t_0tAAAAIAAJ&q=Tanta,+Egypt,+cotton The Encyclopædia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information] by Hugh Chisholm, 1910
• [https://coptic-tanta.com/ The Coptic Diocese of Tanta]

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