Gharbīya - Gharbīya

The egyptian Governorate el-Gharbiya, Arabic:محافظة الغربية‎, Muḥāfaẓat al-Gharbīya, „Governorate 'the western'“Is at the center of the Nile deltas. It borders the governorate to the north Kafr esch-Sheikh, in the east to the governorate ed-Daqahlīya, in the south to the governorate el-Minūfīya and in the west to the governorate el-Buḥeira. The administrative center is Aunt.

places

• 30.791430.9991 Aunt - Capital of the governorate.

• 30.970231.16862 el-Mahalla el-Kubra - industrial city.

• 30.966731.23333 Samannud, the former Sebennytos.

• 30.71831.24334 Zifta.

Other goals

• 30.881731.23641 Abu Sir Bana, the former Busiris - Village and archaeological site.

• 31.031131.28672 Bahbit el-Higara - Village and archaeological site.

• 30.845530.90883 Burma(30 ° 50 '44 "N.30 ° 54 '32 "E.), Arabic:برما- village with 21,386 inhabitants (2006),^[1] eleven kilometers north of Ṭanṭā. The local church of St. George was the first church in Egypt dedicated to St. Georg was consecrated. The current church was built in 1611. The relics of this saint were brought into the 14th century Samuel Monastery transferred to el-Qalamūn. On the 3rd Ba'una (June 10th) a pilgrim procession takes place here every year.^[2]

• 30.838630.86374 Ibyār(30 ° 50 ′ 19 ″ N.30 ° 51 '49 "E), Arabic:إبيار- Village with 28,779 inhabitants (2006), about five kilometers northeast of Kafr ez-Zayāt and 15 kilometers from Ṭanṭā, with the church of the former Menas monastery and the church of St. Jungfrau, whose origins go back to the 13th century. The Menas Monastery is located about 1.7 kilometers northwest of the village. The mosque of Sīdī Aḥmad el-Bagm dates from the Ayyubid period.

• 30.800630.95975 Maḥallat Marḥūm(30 ° 48 ′ 2 ″ N.30 ° 57 ′ 35 ″ E), Arabic:محلة مرحوم- small town with 36,843 inhabitants (2006),^[1] six kilometers northeast of Ṭanṭā. Today's Church of St. Georg from 1860 was built on the site of a previous building from the 15th century. Every year in July there is a pilgrimage procession for St. Georg instead.^[2]

• 30.962430.76816 Sa el-Hagar (Sais) - archaeological site, but nowadays it has almost been lost.

• 30.820131.01057 Sibirbāi(30 ° 49 ′ 12 ″ N.31 ° 0 ′ 38 ″ E), Arabic:سبرباي- small town with 31,733 inhabitants (2006),^[1] five kilometers northeast of Ṭanṭā. On the 12th Ba'una (June 19th) there is an annual pilgrimage procession to the Church of the Archangel Michael.^[2] The third SOS Children's Village in Egypt was set up in the small town. The kindergarten has space for 90 children.^[3]

• 30.805731.2078 Sunbat - Village with the Church of St. Rebekah.

background

getting there

The cities of Ṭanṭā, Maḥalla el-Kubrā and Samannūd are easily accessible by train. Ṭanṭā is on the Cairo – Alexandria railway, Maḥalla el-Kubrā and Samannūd on the Cairo – Dumyāṭ line.

There are also long-distance buses from Cairo and Alexandria to Ṭanṭā. From the cities, the villages in the surrounding area can also be reached by minibuses.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

activities

security

climate

The Nile Delta has a mild climate all year round.

Aunt	Jan	Feb	March	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean highest air temperature in ° C	19	19	22	27	31	34	33	33	32	29	24	20	O	26.9
Average air temperature in ° C	12	13	14	18	22	25	26	26	24	22	18	14	O	19.5
Mean lowest air temperature in ° C	6	7	8	11	14	17	20	20	18	15	12	8	O	13
Precipitation in mm	13	8	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	12	Σ	51
Tanta, Egypt: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data, accessed November 17, 2009.

holiday

The governorate national day is celebrated on October 7th.

trips

Individual evidence