Tanta
The moulid of Ahmad al-Badawi, held each October at Tanta's historic Ahmadi Mosque, draws over a million visitors to this large Nile Delta city midway between Cairo and Alexandria. Beyond the festival, Tanta is known for its sweet shops and snack industry — particularly roasted chickpeas and the confection Hab El-Aziz — as well as cotton-ginning, oil, soap, and textile production. A major railway junction for the Delta region, the city also hosts Tanta University and a branch of Al-Azhar University.
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- Population576,648
- Nearest water from center 1.2 km0.8 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 30 km19 mi
Tanta: quick answers
Where is Tanta?
Tanta is in Egypt, about 89 km55 miles in a straight line from Giza.
How do you get to Tanta?
The nearest airport is Cairo (CAI), about 1 hr 54 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Tanta?
The warmest month is August, averaging 28°C82°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 14°C56°F. The wettest month is January, with about 10 mm0.4 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Tanta?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 restaurants, 6 cafés and 7 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.