Tanta

Tanta is a large town in Egypt. It is the country 5th biggest populated place, with 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018. Tanta is located among Cairo and Alexandria 94 km north of Cairo and 130 km southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia Governorate it is a center for the cotton ginning industry. One of the main railway traces goes via Tanta. Three annual gala's are held in Tanta in honor of Ahmad al Badawi, a respected Sufi parent of the 13^th century, who founded the Badawiyya Tariqa in Egypt and is buried in Ahmad Al Badawi Mosque, the principle mosque of Tanta.

Tanta is thought for its goodies stores and roasted chickpeas. With its massive cotton plantations, in 1856, Tanta became a stop at the railway community, more often than not for the gain of exporting its cotton to European markets. Even by using 1986 the area round Tanta changed into typically open fields with scattered villages however by way of 2001, Tanta had grown right into a huge, busy town. Tanta is thought for its candies, eaten mostly when big numbers of Egyptians descend upon at the city, at some point of the mulid festivals.