Tantor

Japanese: タンター
Tantor
A city in the center of the Nile Delta in northern Egypt. About 80 km north of Cairo. A key railway location and the center of cotton trading. Cotton and woolen industries are carried out here. Famous for the mosque that houses the tomb of Ahmad al-Badawi, the 13th-century founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim mystical sect. Many believers visit the city for his birthday celebrations. Population: 423,000 (2006).

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Japanese:
エジプトの北部,ナイル・デルタ中央部の都市。カイロの北約80km。鉄道の要地で,綿花取引の中心地。綿工業,毛織物工業が行われる。13世紀のイスラム神秘主義教団アフマディー教団の創始者アフマド・アルバダウィーの墓のあるモスクが著名。その生誕祭には多くの信徒が訪れる。42万3000人(2006)。

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