Zagazig

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city human settlement

Zagazig is a city in Egypt’s Nile Delta that serves as an important regional center for agriculture, education, and transportation.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → human settlement →
administrativeDivisionType	markaz (district) center →
agriculturalProduct	cotton → maize → rice → wheat →
capitalOf	Sharqia Governorate →
climate	hot desert climate →
climateClassification	BWh (Köppen) →
continent	Africa →
coordinateLatitude	30.583 →
coordinateLongitude	31.516 →
country	Egypt →
distanceToCairo_km	about 80 →
educationCenterFor	Sharqia Governorate →
governorateCapitalSince	19th century →
hasFeature	irrigation canals → markets for agricultural produce →
hasInstitution	Zagazig University Faculty of Engineering → Zagazig University Faculty of Medicine →
hasMosque	multiple large mosques →
hasUniversity	Zagazig University →
knownFor	cotton trade → rice production in surrounding region →
locatedIn	Lower Egypt → Nile Delta → Sharqia Governorate →
locatedNear	Cairo →
locatedOnRiver	Nile Delta irrigation canals →
majorEconomicActivity	agriculture → education services → trade →
officialLanguage	Arabic →
populationCharacteristic	densely populated →
primaryLanguage	Arabic →
railwayConnection	Cairo → Ismailia → Mansoura →
region	Nile Delta →
religionMajority	Islam →
roadConnection	Cairo–Ismailia desert road →
timeZone	Eastern European Time →
transportationRole	regional rail hub → regional road junction →
urbanType	regional service center →
utcOffset	+2 →
utcOffsetDST	+3 →
writingSystem	Arabic script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Egyptian National Railways network →	connects
Ramses Station, Cairo →	connectsTo
Behbeit el-Hagar →	locatedNear
Bubastis →	nearModernCity