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Ṭanṭā (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 47 18 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.7885 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 00 07 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.0019 decimal degrees |
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Note: A center of Arab learning & pilgrimage; has mosque & tomb of Aḥmad al-Badawī, a 13th-cen. holy man; has several Islamic schools; was a Coptic bishopric of the Patriarch of Alexandria from 1895; industries are cotton ginning & wool spinning. |
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| Ṭanṭā (preferred,C,V)
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| Tanta (C,V)
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| Ţanţā (NA,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Tanda (NA,V)
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| Ṭanṭa (NA,V)
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| طنطا (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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Ṭanṭā (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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