Rashid

E875958

Rashid, also known as Rosetta, is a historic port city in northern Egypt famed for the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rashid canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
port city
administrativeDivisionOf Arab Republic of Egypt NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Rosetta NERFINISHED
climate Mediterranean climate
country Egypt
countryCapital Cairo NERFINISHED
discoveryBy French soldiers during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign
famedFor Rosetta Stone NERFINISHED
governedBy Beheira Governorate authorities NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity fishing
river trade
tourism
hasHeritage Islamic architecture
Ottoman-era architecture
hasNearbyWaterBody Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
Rosetta branch of the Nile NERFINISHED
hasPortType river port
seaport
hasTouristAttraction Nile corniche NERFINISHED
historic mosques
traditional Ottoman houses
hasWritingSystemOnRosettaStone ancient Greek
demotic
hieroglyphic
historicalEvent discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799
historicalName Rosetta NERFINISHED
historicalRole important Ottoman port
historicSignificance site of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone
influencedBy Mamluk architecture NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
languageUsed Arabic
locatedIn northern Egypt
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Beheira Governorate NERFINISHED
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time
locatedNear Mediterranean Sea
locatedOn western branch of the Nile Delta
nativeNameLanguage Arabic
nearbyCity Alexandria NERFINISHED
partOf Nile Delta NERFINISHED
primaryReligion Islam NERFINISHED
transportConnection river transport on the Nile
road link to Alexandria

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.