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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.
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Place details
- Locality
- رشيد
- Region
- البحيرة
- Country
- مصر
- Population
- 301,795
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- رشيد
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Beheira Governorate
- Population
- 125778
- Elevation
- 15
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Markaz Rashīd
- Image
- RashidNorth.jpg
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- native label
- رشيد
- P12749
- Côtes-d'Armor
- Commons category
- Rosetta (Egypt)
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
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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)
Article · Svenska
Rosetta (eller Rashid, arabiska: رشيد, Rašīd) är en hamnstad på Medelhavets kust i Egypten. Den ligger 65 km öster om Alexandria i guvernementet Beheira och folkmängden uppgår till cirka 90 000 invånare. Den grundades omkring år 800. Med nedgången i Alexandria efter ottomanska erövringen av Egypten 1517, ökade Rosettas betydelse bara för att efter Alexandrias senare återkomst åter avta. Under 1800-talet var det ett populärt brittisk turistmål, känt för sina charmiga ottomanska herrgårdar och citruslundar. Staden Rashid kom först att bli känd i väst som Rosette, det namn som gavs den av Frankrike under Napoleon Bonapartes slag i Egypten. Staden gav även sitt namn till Rosettestenen (franska: Pierre de Rosette) som hittades av franska soldater vid den närbelägna Fort Julien 1799. Sedan Frankrike förlorat Egypten (se Fälttåget i Egypten) och stenen hamnat på British Museum, har orten (och i viss mån även stenen) ofta refererats till internationellt med den engelska namnformen (Rosetta och Rosettastenen).
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