Tanta

Tanta is a city in . It had a population of 530,000 in 2024, making it the seventh most populous city in Egypt. The city is located between Cairo and Alexandria: 94 km north of and 130 km southeast of .
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  • City with about 430,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • Description: city in Egypt
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Maqam Sidi Ahmed Al-Badawy.
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Mosque
The Ahmad al-Badawi Mosque is a Sufi and shrine…

Tanta

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Latitude
30.7834° or 30° 47′ 0″ north
Longitude
30.9983° or 30° 59′ 54″ east
UN/LOCODE
EG TAN
Open location code
8G2GQXMX+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2742102194
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
347497
Wiki­data ID
Q271771

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Tanta” goes by many names.
طنطاArabic
ՏանտաArmenian
TantaAsturian
TəntaAzerbaijani
TantaBasque
ТантаBelarusian
টান্টাBengali
তান্তাBengali
ТантаBulgarian
PtkhekaCatalan
TantāCatalan
TandaCebuano
坦塔Chinese
TantaCzech
TantaDanish
TantaDutch
طنطاEgyptian Arabic
طنطا TantaEgyptian Arabic
TantaEsperanto
TantoEsperanto
ŢanţāEstonian
TantaFinnish
TantaFrench
TantahFrench
ტანტაGeorgian
ṬanṭāGerman
ΤάνταGreek
તંતાGujarati
TantaHausa
טנטאHebrew
טנטהHebrew
टांटाHindi
तंताHindi
TantaHungarian
TantaInari Sami
TantaIndonesian
TantaIrish
TantaItalian
タンタJapanese
タンターJapanese
ṬanṭaKabyle
ತಂತಾKannada
탄타Korean
TantaLatvian
TantaLithuanian
TandaMalagasy
TantaMalay
तंताMarathi
ტანტაMingrelian
TantaNorthern Sami
TantaNorwegian
TantaNorwegian Bokmål
TantaNorwegian Nynorsk
طنطاPersian
TantaPolish
TantaPortuguese
ТантаRussian
TantaScots
TantaSerbian
ТантаSerbian
طنطاSerbian
TantaSerbo-Croatian
TantaSilesian
ටන්ටාSinhala
TantaSkolt Sami
طنطاSouth Azerbaijani
TanţāSpanish
TantaSwahili
ṬanṭāSwedish
ТантоTajik
டன்டாTamil
తంతాTelugu
ฏ็อนฏอThai
ตอนตอThai
TantaTurkish
ТантаUkrainian
طنطاUrdu
TantoUzbek
TantaVenetian
TantaVietnamese
TantaWaray (Philippines)
ԹանթաWestern Armenian
TantaZulu

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Lower Egypt: Highlights

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