Zagazig
Government
Zagazig (also Zagazig, Arabic الزقازيق az- Zaqaziq ), is a city in Lower Egypt, more precisely in the eastern part of the Nile delta, and the capital of the province ash Sharqiyah.
In 2005, the city had about 318,393 inhabitants. It was built around 1830 at the Ismailia Canal at Al- Mo'izz channel and is 76 km from Cairo, from where a train connection exists. Located in a very fertile area is Zagazig a center of Egyptian cotton and grain trade. Here you will find large cotton factories and branches of many European trading companies.
The most famous son of the city was Colonel Ahmad Urabi Pasha, who led the revolt against the British in 1882. There is a small Urabi museum which features some interesting archaeological finds, among other things. The well-known journalist, philosopher and social critic Salama Moussa was born in the city.
The University of Zagazig, one of the largest universities of Egypt, has in various fields of sciences and arts -based colleges. Here was Mohamed Mursi, the 2012 elected president, long -time professor and Fachbereichtsleiter. Also located in the city a branch of Al -Azhar University, the largest Islamic university in the world.
Origin of the name
The city's name comes from a Himyarite tribe of Lower Egypt in the 3rd century populated. It is not known whether this strain at this time was still pagan or already adhered to Christianity.
Ancient Bubastis
3 km southeast of the town are the ruins of the ancient Bubastis. Bubastis was the capital of the 12th Gaus and was the home of Bastet cat cult. Bubastis is the Greek name for Per- Bastet, which means as much as House of Bastet. During the 22 and 23 dynasty Bubastis was even the capital of Egypt. They found remains of Osorkon II and built by Nectanebo II temples, as well as catacombs, where the sacred cats were buried. These catacombs are located behind the ruins of a chapel of the Holy Roman Empire from the period of Pepi I.
The Archaeological Museum
The University of Zagazig in 2009 was home to over 2000 archaeological finds that are available to the public there. Since you are planning on a new museum next to the excavations at Tell Basta, to present the objects found near their original context.
- Location in Egypt
- Place in Africa
- Ash Sharqiyah Governorate