Rosetta 369123 224346540 2008-07-08T13:18:15Z 84.66.10.99 {{otheruses}} {{Infobox Settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Rosetta |other_name =Rashid |native_name = رشيد<!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Historical cannons in Rosetta.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Nineteenth-century [[cannon]]s in a mid-town square in Rosetta |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = Egypt-region-map-cities.gif |mapsize = |map_caption = [[Egypt]]: Site of '''Rashid''' (top center) |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Egypt]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Al Buhayrah Governorate|al-Buhayrah]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = [[Anno Domini|AD]] 800 |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial<!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =1996 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =58432 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |latd=31 |latm=24 |lats= |latNS=N |longd=30 |longm=25 |longs= |longEW=E |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Rosetta''' ({{lang-ar|رشيد}} '''Rashid''') is a [[port]] city on the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast in [[Egypt]]. It is located 65 [[km]] (40 miles) east of [[Alexandria]], at {{coor dm|31|24|N|30|25|E|}}, in [[Al Buhayrah Governorate|al-Buhayrah]] [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]]. It was founded around [[800|AD 800]]. With the decline of Alexandria following the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman]] conquest of Egypt in the 16th century, Rashid boomed, only to wane in importance after Alexandria's revival. During the 19th century it was a popular [[United Kingdom|British]] tourist destination, known for its charming Ottoman [[mansion]]s, [[citrus]] groves and cleanliness. The town of Rashid came to be known in the West as ''Rosetta'', the name by which it was referred to by the French during [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s campaign in [[Egypt]]. It is famous as the site where the [[Rosetta Stone]] was found by French soldiers in 1799. ==History== It is the modern representative of the ancient [[Bolbitine]], which lay a little farther north. In the [[Middle Ages]] Rosetta was a place of considerable commercial importance, and it continued to flourish until the construction of the [[Mahmudiyeh Canal]] and the improvement of the harbour at [[Alexandria]] diverted most of its trade to the latter city. It also wittnessed the defeat of the 1807 British [[Fraser campaign]] trying to occupy Egypt after the French army left Egypt. ==Population== The population of Rashid has increased since the 1980s, as follows: in 1983 = 36,711 (approximate), in 1986 = 51,789, and in 1996 = 58,432. ==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Pea-green_boats.jpg|Pea-green [[boat]]s in Rosetta </gallery> ==References== * "Rosetta," ''[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]'', Chicago, 1983. ==External links== {{commonscat}} * Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population, ''http://www.citypopulation.de'' [http://www.citypopulation.de/Egypt.html ''Egypt statistics''] * {{NIE}} * Detailed map of Egypt (with many ancient temples): [http://unimaps.com/egypt/index.html UniMaps-Egypt]. {{Ancient Egypt topics}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Egypt]] [[Category:Coastal cities]] [[Category:Tourism in Egypt]] [[Category:Settlements established in the 1st millennium]] [[ar:رشيد (مدينة)]] [[de:Rosette (Ägypten)]] [[es:Rosetta (Egipto)]] [[eo:Raŝido]] [[fr:Rachid (Égypte)]] [[id:Rashid, Mesir]] [[it:Rosetta (città)]] [[nl:Rosetta (Egypte)]] [[ja:ロゼッタ (都市)]] [[pl:Rosetta (miasto)]] [[pt:Roseta (cidade)]] [[sh:Rashid]] [[tr:Reşid]]