Tanta ya kasan ce wani birni ne a cikinMisira, tare da yanki mafi girma na biyar a ƙasar, kuma yana da mazauna kimanin 658,798 kamar na 2018[1]. Tanta yana tsakaninAlkahira daAlexandria: kilomita 94 (58 mi) arewacin Alkahira da kuma kilomita 130 (81 mi) kudu maso gabashin Alexandria. Babban birnin Gharbia Governorate[2], cibiya ce ta masana'antarauduga[3]. Kuma daya daga cikin manyan titunan/layikun jirgin ƙasa ya ratsa ta garin Tanta[4][5]. Ana gudanar da bukukuwa na shekara-shekara a cikin garin Tanta na tsawon mako guda wanda zai fara daga ranar 11 ga watan Oktoba don murnar zagayowar ranar haihuwarAhmad al-Badawi, wani adinin Sufaye na karni na 13, wanda ya kafaBadawiyya Tariqa aMisira kuma aka binne shi aMasallacin Ahmad Al-Badawi, babban masallacin Tanta. Tanta gari ne daya shahara wajen sayarda kayan makulashe (alawa) a shaguna da kuma gasasshen kaji[6].
Sunan babban garin shine <big>Tandata<big> wanda ya zo daga sunanta na Koftik. Tare da manyan gonakin auduga, a cikin 1856, Tanta ya zama tasha a kan hanyarjirgin ƙasa, da farko don amfanin fitar da audugar zuwa kasuwanninTurai. Yankin da ke kusa da Tanta galibi filaye ne amma Tanta ya girma ya zama babban birni mai cunkoson jama'a.
Wannan birni cibiya ce ta biki a ƙarshen Oktoba a ƙarshen girbin auduga. Mutane miliyan uku, daga kewayen Delta da sauran sassanLarabawa, sun zo don Moulid na Sayid Ahmed el-Badawi, wanda ke da launuka iri-iri, naaddini, na kwana takwas. Moulid din yana tsakiyar masallaci da kabarin sayyid Ahmad al-Badawi, wanda ya kafa daya daga cikin manyan darikun Sufaye naMasar da aka fi sani daAhmadiyyah koBadawiyya. An haife shi aMaroko, amma ya yi hijira zuwaArabiya, daga baya aka tura shi zuwa Tanta a AD 1234 a matsayin wakilin umarnin dagaIraki. An ba shi izini don fara sabon tsari a cikin Tanta kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan brotheran uwantaka ta Sufi a Masar.
Gidan Tarihi na Tanta wanda ya tattaro kayan tarihi tun na kaka da kakanni
File:Tanta-1.jpg|Tanta's city center, Elgeish street.File:Mehata1-Tanta.jpg|Tanta's railway station at nightFile:Mosque of St. Ahmed El-Badawi.jpg|Mosque of Elsayyed ElbadawiFile:كنيسة مارى جرجس بطنطا.jpg|Saint George Cathedral ChurchFile:Tanta Railway Station.jpg|Tanta Railway StationFile:TantaFerialPalace.jpg|palace in Tanta which was used as a primary school named flowers schoolFile:TantaPark.jpg|Tanta Montaza parkFile:متحف أثار طنطا.jpg|Tanta museumFile:صورة جامعة طنطا.jpg|Tanta university administration</gallery>