Zagazig
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Zagazig
الزقازيق | |
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Mary Gerges Church El-Quds Mosque | |
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| Coordinates: 30°34′N 31°30′E / 30.567°N 31.500°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Sharqia |
| Founded | 1830 |
| Area | |
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| Population (2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 380,000 |
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| GDP (nominal, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2024 |
| • Total | $2.3 billion[2] |
| • Per capita | $6,053 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code(s) | +20 (55) |
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Zagazig (arz, arz) is a city in Egypt. Situated in the eastern part of the Nile delta, it is the capital of the governorate of Sharqia. It is located on the Muweis Canal and is a hub of the corn and cotton trade. The city contains the Museum of Tal Basta Antiquities, including archaeological exhibits.[3][4][5]
The city is home to Zagazig University, founded in 1974,[6] one of the largest universities in Egypt, with colleges in different fields of science and arts.[7] The Archaeological Museum of the University of Zagazig exhibits significant finds from the nearby sites, Bubastis (Tell Basta) and Kufur Nigm.[8] The most notable streets in Zagazig are Farouk Street, Government Street, Abu Hamad and El Kawmia Street.
History
[edit | edit source]The city was founded in the 19th century on the site of a village called Nazlat az-Zaqāzīq which was named after the Zaqzuq family.[9] The family's name itself comes from a dialectal word zaqzuq or ziqziq which means "A small creature" (e.g. a fish or a mouse)[10] and comes from a Coptic word ϫⲉⲕϫⲓⲕ "Ant or other insect".[11][12]
The ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Bubastis are located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of town. Bubastis was the ancient capital of the 18th nome, and is home to the feast celebrating the cat goddess Bastet.
Bubastis is the Greek version of the Egyptian language name Pr-Bastet "House [Temple] of Bastet". Bubastis became the capital of Egypt in the 22nd and 23rd Dynasties. There are remains of the temples built by Osorkon II and Nectanebo II. Catacombs where the sacred cats were buried are located behind the remains of an Old Kingdom chapel from the period of Pepi I Meryre.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Climate
[edit | edit source]Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh), as the rest of Egypt.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- The Abaza family, the largest family in Sharqia and Egypt's largest Circassian community.[13][14]
- Abdelhalim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor
- Ahmed Urabi, colonel who led the revolt against the British in 1882
- Carmen Suleiman, singer
- Mohamed Morsi, the fifth president of Egypt
- Salama Moussa, Coptic Egyptian journalist, philosopher and social critic
- Ahmed Zaki, actor
- John Traicos, international cricketer of Greek origin
- Rushdy Abaza, actor
- Fekry Pasha Abaza, journalist and political activist
- Mohamed Abdelmonem, football Player
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "TelluBase—Egypt Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ↑ "Zagazig National University to Be Built in Sharqia at USD 2.53 Billion". CairoScene. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ↑ Al-Aees, Shaimaa (18 February 2019). "TSM launches 1st phase of Zagazig New City Mall in Sharqeya worth EGP 60m - Dailynewsegypt". Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ↑ "Tel Basta Museum inaugurated in Egypt's Zagazig - Museums - Antiquities". Ahram Online. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ↑ "نبذه تاريخية - جامعة الزقازيق". www.zu.edu.eg. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2025.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ↑ Catalogue: M. I. Bakr, H. Brandl, F. Kalloniatis (eds.): Egyptian Antiquities from Kufur Nigm and Bubastis. ʾĀṯār misrīya (Museums in the Nile Delta. Vol. 1). Opaion, Cairo/ Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-033509-9.
- ↑ رمزي, محمد. القاموس الجغرافي للبلاد المصرية. pp. 89–92.
- ↑ Behnstedt, Peter & Woidich, Manfred (1994). Die ägyptisch-arabischen Dialekte. Band 4: Glossar Arabisch-Deutsch. Wiesbaden. p. 188.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ "Coptic Dictionary Online". coptic-dictionary.org. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ↑ Sobhy, Georgy (1950). Common words in the spoken Arabic of Egypt, of Greek or Coptic origin.
- ↑ "عائلات تحكم مصر.. 1 ـ عائلة الباشوات". Albawabhnews.com. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ↑ "عرب أم شركس أم خليط منهما ؟. عائلات الأباظية في مصر تتكيف نموذجياً مع المتغيرات الاجتماعية والتقلبات السياسية". Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
External links
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- LookLex: Egypt: Zagazig
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Coordinates: 30°34′N 31°30′E / 30.567°N 31.500°E
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