Saft el-Hinna
صفط الحنة | |
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  Saft el-Hinna Location in Egypt  Saft el-Hinna Saft el-Hinna (Egypt)  Saft el-Hinna Saft el-Hinna (Northeast Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 30°33′20″N 31°36′35″E / 30.55556°N 31.60972°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Sharqia |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Saft el-Hinna (Arabic: صفط الحنا, romanized: Ṣafṭ al-Ḥinnā), also written as Saft el-Hinneh, Saft el-Henna, Saft el-Henneh, is a village and an archaeological site in Egypt. It is located in the modern Al Sharqia Governorate, in the Nile Delta, about 7 km southeast of Zagazig.[1]
The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Saft el-Hinna as a nahiyah in the district of Bilbeis in Sharqia Governorate; at that time, the population of the town was 664 (306 men and 358 women).[2]
- ^ Tiribilli 2012, p. 125.
- ^ Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 279. Retrieved 21 June 2020.