Saft el-Hinna

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.

Saft el-Hinna
صفط الحنة
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
Country Egypt
GovernorateSharqia
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

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).

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