Ziftā - Ziftā

Ziftā · ‏زفتى‎
GovernorateGharbīya
Residents
93.740 (2006)
height
16 m
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Ziftā

Zifta (Pins, Zefta, Sifta, less common Minyat Ziftā, Arabic:زفتى‎, Ziftā, less oftenزفتا) Is a egyptian City in Nile Delta on the (left) west bank of the Damietta arm of the Nile im Governorateel-Gharbīya with about 93,000 inhabitants.[1] It is exactly opposite its sister city With Ghamr.

background

location

The city is almost in the center of the Nile Delta. Many other large cities are quite a short distance away: el-Manṣūra is located about 45 kilometers away in the northeast, ez-Zaqāzīq about 30 kilometers away in the southeast, Banhā about 30 kilometers away in the south, Ṭanṭā in about 30 kilometers to the west and el-Maḥalla el-Kubrā about 30 kilometers away in the north.

The city is located on the west bank of the Damietta arm of the Nile just across from Mīt Ghamr.

history

The early history of the city of Ziftā is completely obscure. There was probably no settlement here in ancient Egyptian times. A fragment of a black granite naos with an inscription to Month from Ziftā is known to have been found, but it probably originates from Tell Basṭa.[2] Other finds come from Tell Muṣṭāi (Arabic:تل مصطاي), Also Tell Umm el-Ḥarb, near the village of Muṣṭāi, 15 kilometers southwest of Ziftā. There has been here since Ramses ii a temple for the screaming god Thoth, which was also used in the late ancient Egyptian period.[3]

More news from the city in Coptic times Ⲍⲉⲃⲉⲑⲉ, Zebethe, was called,[4] dates back to the Middle Ages. Around 1140 a church of St. George destroyed by Muslims before his ordination. However, the responsible bishop from Sahragt was able to restore the church to the Muslim authorities. A report about a church of St. Ishyrion (Arabic:أبّسخيرون‎, Abbascheirūn) in Ziftā. St. Ischyrion, an equestrian saint, lived at the beginning of the 4th century during the time of the Diocletian persecution of Christians. Since he did not want to renounce his belief, he was tortured and beheaded. From St. Ishyrion is the miracle relocation of the church from Qillin to Bayahu handed down. The Church of St. Ishyrion no longer exists, but it was known to the city's residents well into the 20th century. In addition to St. Ishyrion was also St. Worshiped Abā Nūb.

Since the 13th century, Ziftā formed an independent Coptic diocese. Until the 19th century, bishops from this city were mentioned again and again.

The earliest report by a European traveler dates from 1672. The Dominican father Johann Michael Wansleben (1635–1679) only mentioned that the large and beautiful city was part of the province of el-Maḥalla el-Kubrā heard and that at the time of his visit there was a hunt for local farmers during a tribute collection.[5]

The city's name also played an important role in the recent history of Egypt. During the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 against the British occupation became leading members of the Wafd party, among them Saad Zaghlūl Pasha (1859-1927). In exile in Malta they declared the independence of Egypt from the crown and called their government-in-exile "Republic of Ziftā“.

Around 1886 and 1928, the city had 11,087 and 15,850 inhabitants, respectively.[4][6] Today it is one of the largest cities in el-Gharbīya Governorate with around 101,000 inhabitants.[1] The population lives from agriculture, fishing, linen and clothing manufacture.

getting there

City map of Ziftā

An arrival is also about With Ghamr possible.

By train

Ziftā is out with trains Cairo (Ramsis Sq.), Ṭanṭā and ez-Zaqāzīq reachable. The 1 Ziftā railway station is located in the north of the city on the south side of the track system.

In the street

Ziftā is across the highway from Banhā to el-Manṣūra which runs to the east of Mīt Ghamr. In the northeast of Mīt Ghamr there is a motorway exit to the west. The connected trunk road leads over a 2 Nile bridge in the north of Ziftā. The two following descents to the south lead to the city of Ziftā.

By bus

Ziftā is a transport hub for microbuses and service taxis to Cairo, Banhā and to different places in the Nile Delta. The bus stop for taxis and microbuses in Cairo is located north of the Koleyat el-Zeraah metro station on line 2. The 3 Bus stop in Ziftā for buses to Cairo is next to the Eid Mosque, Arabic:مسجد العيد. For the buses after Banhā and Ṭanṭā Is there a 4 Bus stop in the area of ​​Sekh Banha St.

mobility

The railway bridge to Mīt Ghamr is also used for vehicle traffic.

Tourist Attractions

Mosques

  • Abū Sharaf ed Dīn Mosque (‏مسجد أبو شرف الدين‎, Masǧid Abū Sharaf ad-Dīn), Saad Zaghloul St..
  • Aulād-ez-Zubeir Mosque (‏جامع أولاد الزبير‎, Ǧāmiʿ Aulād az-Zubair)
  • Fattouh mosque, Saad Zaghloul St..
  • 1  Great mosque (‏الجامع الكبير‎, al-Ǧāmiʿ al-Kabīr, El Kabir Mosque), El Bahr St. (El Gomhoreya St.). (30 ° 42 '52 "N.31 ° 14 ′ 55 ″ E)

Churches

The Coptic Orthodox churches belong to the diocese of el-Gharbīya with the seat in Ṭanṭā.

3  Church of St. Mercury (‏كنيسة الشهيد العظيم فيلوباتير مرقريوس‎, Kanīsat al-Shahīd al-ʿaẓīm Fīlūbātīr Marquriyūs (Church of the great martyr Philopater Merkurius), Church of Abu es-Seifein). The church is an important pilgrimage center. The current building dates from the 20th century. There was a previous building since the Middle Ages, at that time it was dedicated to St. Is'chirun consecrated by Qallīn. The screen wall of the church dates from 1868/1869 (1585 AM) and bears the name of St. Apa Nūb. The highlights are the 25th Abib (August 1st, church consecration) and the 25th Hatur (December 5th), on which St. Mercury is thought.[7].(30 ° 43 ′ 9 ″ N.31 ° 14 ′ 50 ″ E)

Hydraulic structures

As early as 1843 there were plans to build a dam system to regulate the Nile. It started with dams in the north of Cairo in the Nile Delta. In the first half of the 20th century, the system was expanded to include various dams in Central and Upper Egypt. In 1881 the 4 Ziftā weir(30 ° 44 '35 "N.31 ° 14 '23 "E) in the north of the city, Arabic:قناطر زفتى‎, Qanāṭir Ziftā, and the weir was completed in the first phase in 1903 and finally in 1952. The weir has 50 through openings with a width of 5 meters. The pent-up water is channeled into channels in the provinces of el-Gharbīya, ed-Daqahlīya and esch-Sharqīya. There is a lock on the right side of the river.

The 5 Ziftā Bridge(30 ° 43 ′ 21 ″ N.31 ° 15 ′ 4 ″ E), Arabic:كوبري زفتي‎, Kūbrī Ziftā, connects the city with its sister city With Ghamr. The 417 meter long iron bridge was built in 1906 by British engineers.

activities

Sports

shop

kitchen

accommodation

There is no hotel accommodation in the city. There are hotels in the nearby towns Ṭanṭā, ez-Zaqāzīq and el-Maḥalla el-Kubrā.

health

Practical advice

police

Banks

Post offices

trips

The shortest trip can be to the neighboring town With Ghamr to do on the east bank of the arm of the Nile.

The village is located twelve kilometers north of the city Sunbāṭ with the Church of St. Rebekah. Another eight kilometers to the north is the village Abū Ṣīr Banā with the sparse remains of the former Busiris.

Ten kilometers southeast of the city is the hill of ruins 6 Tell el-Muqdām(30 ° 40 ′ 59 ″ N.31 ° 21 ′ 18 ″ E) north of the village of Kafr el-Muqdām, Arabic:كفر المقدام, With the few remains of a temple complex of Osorkon II (22nd Dynasty). Here was the ancient place Leontopolis, the lion city.

literature

  • Timm, Stefan: Minyat Ziftā. In:Christian Coptic Egypt in Arab times; Vol. 4: M - P. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1988, Supplements to the Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East: Series B, Geisteswissenschaften; 41.4, ISBN 978-3-88226-211-7 , P. 1669 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1,01,1Population according to the 2006 Egyptian census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, accessed December 17, 2014.
  2. ↑Edgar, C. C.: Report on the demolition of Tell Sheikh Nasreddin. In:Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Egypte (ASAE), ISSN1687-1510, Vol.13 (1913), Pp. 122-124, especially p. 124.
  3. ↑Gomaà, Farouk: Tell Mustai. In:Helck, Wolfgang; Westendorf, Wolfhart (Ed.): Lexicon of Egyptology; Vol. 6: Stele - cypress. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1985, ISBN 978-3-447-02663-5 , Col. 352 f.
  4. ↑ 4,04,1Amélineau, É [mile]: La geographie de l’Égypte à l’époque copte. Paris: Impr. National, 1893, P. 531.
  5. ↑P [ère] Vansleb [Wansleben, Johann Michael]: Nouvélle Relation En forme de Iournal, D’Vn Voyage Fait En Egypte: En 1672. & 1673. Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1677, P. 115. — Vansleb, F [ather]: The present state of Egypt: or, A new relation of a late voyage into the kingdom, performed in the years 1672 and 1673. London: John Starkey, 1678, P. 71.
  6. ↑Baedeker, Karl: Egypt and the Sûdan: Handbook for Travelers. Leipzig: Baedeker, 1928 (8th edition), P. 177.
  7. ↑Meinardus, Otto F.A.: Coptic saints and Pilgrimages. Cairo: American University at Cairo Press, 2002, ISBN 978-977-416-126-1 , P. 71.
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