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رشید

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Also known as Rashid, Bolbitine, Bolbythia, Rosetta, Egypt

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Rosetta is a city in Egypt, situated within the Beheira Governorate. It serves as the capital of Markaz Rashīd and has a population of 125,778. The city is located at an elevation of 15 meters above sea level and operates in the UTC+02:00 time zone. Its official name is رشيد.

The site holds a heritage designation as a Tentative World Heritage Site. Rosetta is described in sources including Pauly–Wissowa, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
رشيد
Region
البحيرة
Country
مصر
Population
301,795
Timezone
Africa/Cairo

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

76US AQIModerate
PM2.5
15.8 µg/m³
PM10
26.9 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-11 04:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

Settlement.name
Rosetta
Settlement.other_name
Rashid
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_map
مركز رشيد.png
Settlement.map_caption
Location in Beheira Governorate
Settlement.pushpin_map
Egypt Nile Delta#Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Beheira
Settlement.established_date
850
Settlement.unit_pref
metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
196.6
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
Settlement.population_total
301,795

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Official name
رشيد
Country
Egypt
Population
125778
Elevation
15
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Capital of
Markaz Rashīd
Image
RashidNorth.jpg
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heritage designation
Tentative World Heritage Site
native label
رشيد
Commons category
Rosetta (Egypt)
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Travel guide

Understand

thumb|A copy of the Rosetta Stone at the central square

Founded around in the 9th century, Rosetta boomed with the decline of Alexandria following the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517, only to wane in importance after Alexandria's revival. During the 19th century, it was a popular British tourist destination, known for its Ottoman mansions, citrus groves and relative cleanliness. The Rosetta Stone was discovered here in 1799, but it is now on permanent display at the British Museum in London.

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The city centre has numerous Ottoman houses and public buildings.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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On the map

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