Rosetta

Rosetta رشيد Rashid
City
Clockwise from top: Rashid Corniche, dome of the St. Mark Church, a street in the old town, Abbasi Mosque, and fishing.
Location in Beheira Governorate
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Coordinates: 31°24′16″N 30°24′59″E / 31.40444°N 30.41639°E / 31.40444; 30.41639
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beheira
Area [1]
• Total	196.6 km2 (75.9 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	301,795
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Rosetta (/roʊˈzɛtə/ roh-ZET-ə)^[a] or Rashid (Arabic: رشيد, romanized: Rašīd, IPA: [ɾɑˈʃiːd]; Coptic: ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ, romanized: ti-Rashit)^[b] is a port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered there in 1799.

Founded around the 9th century on site of the ancient town Bolbitine, 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.

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