Tanta
tanta egyptian arabic طنطا ṭanṭa pronounced ˈtˤɑntˤɑ coptic ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲑⲟ city egypt tanta population making fifth populous city egypt tanta located cairo alexandria km mi north cairo km mi southeast alexandria capital gharbia governorate center cottonginning industry one major railway line go tanta annual festival held tanta one week beginning october celebrating birthday ahmad albadawi revered sufi figure th century founded badawiyya tariqa egypt buried ahmad albadawi mosque main mosque tanta tanta known sweet shop roasted chickpea older name city tandata egyptian arabic طندتا come coptic name ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲑⲟ late coptic dɑnˈdɑto large cotton plantation tanta became stop railway network primarily benefit exporting cotton european market area around tanta mostly field tanta grown large crowded city city center celebration late october end cotton harvest three million people around delta part arab world come moulid sayid ahmed elbadawi colorful religious eightday celebration moulid centered around mosque tomb sayid ahmad albadawi founded one egypt largest sufi order known ahmadiyyah badawiyya born morocco emigrated arabia later sent tanta ad representative order iraq granted permission start new order tanta soon flourished one egypt largest sufi brotherhood tanta famous sweet candy made gelatin coconut sesame peanut chickpea large quantity sold mulid arabic المولد festival many egyptian visit city sweet considered delicacy since tanta many cotton processing factory textile industry also university town tanta university since people tanta called egyptian slang tantawi montazah garden tanta stadium tanta sporting club tanta teacher club tanta university virgin mary coptic orthodox church year old saint george cathedral saint peter catholic basilica museum tanta contains item ancient nearby site sais naucratis buto pottery statue ٍstrong cafe ozone coffe shop zoozoo doodoo el mahallah large industrial town near tanta famous textile egypt hot desert climate bwh according köppengeiger climate classification system magda alsabahi magda sabbahi magda – actress huda sultan – singer actress kamal amin – artist mahmoud zulfikar – film director khairy beshara film director abdu alhamuli arabic عبده الحامولى‎ – singer mahmoud khalil alhussary – reciter quran mohamed fawzi – composer singer actor naima akef – actress circus player doria shafik – leader womens liberation movement early ahmed hijazi – known hegazy caricature artist nasr abu zayd – thinker liberal theologian ahmed khaled tawfik – author amina rizk – actress elsayed nosseir – olympic gold medal winner weightlifting hilana sedarous first female egyptian doctor first female egyptian gynaecologist maximos v hakim melkite greek catholic patriarch nabil farouk novelist list city town egypt nile delta egyptian festival egypt handbook traveller part first lower egypt fayum peninsula sinai karl baedeker family conversation around world perdita huston encyclopædia britannica dictionary art science literature general information hugh chisholm coptic diocese tanta