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ZAGAZIG (Zalzazik)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 950 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZAGAZIG (Zalzazik) , a See also:town of See also:Lower See also:Egypt, See also:capital of the See also:province of Sharkia. Pop. (1907) 34,999, including 2617 See also:Copts and 1355 Greeks. It is built on a See also:branch of the Fresh See also:Water or See also:Ismailia See also:canal, and on the Al-Mo'izz canal (the See also:ancient Tanitic channel of the See also:Nile), and is 47 M. by See also:rail N.N.E. of See also:Cairo. Situated on the See also:Delta in the midst of a fertile See also:district, Zagazig is a See also:great centre of the See also:cotton and See also:grain See also:trade of Egypt. It has large cotton factories and the offices of numerous See also:European merchants. About a mile See also:south of the town are the ruins of See also:Bubastis (q.v.).

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