Zefta

Zefta is an Egyptian city in the Nile Delta, within the Gharbia governorate, and the capital of the Zefta center, across the Nile from the city of Mit Ghamr in Dakahlia governorate. It has around 114,983 inhabitants. Zefta is known for its involvement in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution against British occupation: in March 1919 residents of the town, led by the lawyer Youssef El-Guindy, declared Zefta a self-governing republic, later called the Republic of Zefta, took control of key facilities including the police station, railway station and telegraph office, and set up a local council to manage the town's affairs. Its largest mosque, the Al-Awwam Mosque, also known as the Mosque of the Sons of Al-Zubayr, stands on the bank of the Nile. It has an arid desert climate (Köppen BWh).