Tahta is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile in an area known for its agricultural richness. It had a population of 85,528 at the 2017 census. Egyptologists believe the modern name may derive from the ancient Egyptian word Ta-ho-ty. Two famous monasteries, the White Monastery and the Red Monastery, are located near the city, and it has a small but significant Coptic Catholic community. Its most famous resident was the reformist intellectual Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, born in Tahta in 1801, who wrote and translated many books after his trip to Paris in 1826 as imam and chaplain of the first group of Egyptians Muhammad Ali Pasha sent to study in western Europe.
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1. Tahta (Wikipedia)
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Tahta had a population of 85,528 at the 2017 census
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 26.7683, 31.5006
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"elevation": 65.0
3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Egypt
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desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
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Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Egypt EE%sT
Egypt (Wikipedia)
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Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa
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