Zefta

Coordinates: 30°42′51″N 31°14′39″E / 30.7142°N 31.24425°E / 30.7142; 31.24425
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Zefta
Zifta
Governorate
Gharbia
Area
 • Total197.4 km2 (76.2 sq mi)
Elevation16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total442,721
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)

Zefta (

Ad Daqahliyah
governorate.

History

In the 12th century, Zefta was an important regional trading center, especially for textiles; silk, flax, indigo, sesame, and sugar were among the commodities bought and sold here. Some of these products were consumed locally, while others were sent to other towns, including Cairo.[4]

In the 1670s,

Qur'an - the only school included in the endowment. He also left four copper vessels to the physicians of Zefta, a rare exception to the rule that waqf endowments must consist of immovable property.[4]

The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Zifta as a city in its own district in Gharbia Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 11,087 (5,571 men and 5,516 women).[6]

Zefta is well known in the modern Egyptian history during the 1919 uprising, also known as the

Egyptian Revolution of 1919, when the British occupation expelled Saad Zaghloul Pasha out of Egypt along with other leaders of the Wafd Party and were exiled to Malta, the people of Zefta, led by Mohamed El Kafrawy Pasha and Youssef El Guindi, gathered and declared their independence from the crown and named it Zefta Republic. The town of Zefta has also seen the birth of Mostafa Younis, who works in the field of aviation, Fouad Younis, who works as an accountant and the engineer Moghad Younis.[citation needed
]

Zefta, is the location of one of Nile barrages built during 1881–1952 to control the Nile flow.

Notable figures born in or around Zefta include:
Kimon Evan Marengo, Mostafa Kamal Tolba , Mostafa El-Sayed, Mark Ibn Kunbar, Ahmed Seif al-Islam Keshty, Eman Hassaballa Aly, Sameera Moussa and Samir Al Aswad.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Geonames.org. Zefta, Egypt". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Ziftā (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ^ Emile Amélineau. La géographie de l’Egypte à l'époque copte. — Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1893. — 690 p
  4. ^
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  5. . Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. ^ Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 320. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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