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Zagazig
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Zakazik), a town of Lower Egypt, capital of the province of Sharkia. Pop. (1907) 34,999, including 2617 Copts and 1355 Greeks. It is built on a branch of the Fresh Water or Ismailia canal, and on the Al-Mo`izz canal (the ancient Tanitic channel of the Nile), and is 47 m. by rail N.N.E. of Cairo. Situated on the Delta in the midst of a fertile district, Zagazig is a great centre of the cotton and grain trade of Egypt. It has large cotton factories and the offices of numerous European merchants. About a mile south of the town are the ruins of Bubastis.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Zagazig'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/z/zagazig.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Zagazig'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/z/zagazig.html. 1910.
