| Other name | طهطا |
|---|---|
| Native name | ⲧϩⲟⲧⲏ |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Sohag |
| Unit pref | Imperial |
| Area total | 9.656 km² |
| Population as of | 2021 |
| Population total | 182,052 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| Time zone (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Coordinates | 26°46′06″N 31°30′02″E |
| Elevation | 66 m |
Tahta (Arabic: طهطا / ˈtˤɑhtˤɑ, ALA-LC: Ṭahṭā; Ancient Greek: Τοετω;[1] Coptic: ⲧϩⲟⲧⲏ, dəˈhodæ) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in an area known for its agricultural richness. Tahta had a population of 85,528 at the 2017 census.[2] Egyptologists believe that the modern name may derive from the word Ta-ho-ty (Egyptian: Tȝ-ḥw.t-Ty).[3][4] Two famous monasteries are located near Tahta, the White Monastery and the Red Monastery. The town has a small but significant Coptic Catholic community.[5]
Its most famous resident was the reformist intellectual Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, who was born in Tahta in 1801, and who wrote and translated many books following his trip to Paris in 1826 as the imam and chaplain for the first group of Egyptians whom Mehmet Ali Pasha (Muhammad Ali of Egypt) sent to study in western Europe.
Villages
Villages within the jurisdiction of Tahta include:
- Bani Harb (arz: بنى حرب)
- Nazlit El Qady (arz: نزلة القاضى)
- Banga (arz: بنجا)
- El Sawalim (arz: السوالم)
- Shattoura (arz: شطوره)
- El Soffeha (arz: الصفيحه)
- El Kom El Asfar (arz: الكوم الأصفر)
- Zein Eld Din (arz: زين الدين)
- Nazlit Ali (arz: نزلة على)
- Elsawamaa Gharb (arz: الصوامعه غرب)
- Banhao (arz: بنهو)
- Bani Ammar (arz: بنى عمار)
- Enibis (arz: عنيبس)
Notable people
See also
References
- ^ Paprocki, Maciej (2019). Roads in the Deserts of Roman Egypt: Analysis, Atlas, Commentary. Oxbow Books. p. 22. ISBN 9781789251593. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "The population of the governorates of Egypt according to census results". City Population
- ^ Wallis Budge, E. A. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II. John Murray. p. 1019
- ^ Gauthier, Henri (1927). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol .4. p. 141 Gauthier refers to Daressy's identification.
- ^ Mayeur-Jaouen, Catherine (2019). Voyage en Haute-Égypte : prêtres, coptes et catholiques. Paris: CNRS Éditionas. ISBN 978-2-271-11614-7. OCLC 1081303684