Zefta is one the administrative centers in
El Gharbia
Governorate . it lies next to El Santa Center and comprises of a number of smaller towns and villages . It encloses a vast area of agricultural lands and it is famous for planting fruits like orange and grip in addition to traditional crops like wheat , rice and Cotton . Zefta is also one of the important industrial zones in
Egypt
that encloses a large number of clothes factories . During the British occupation for Egypt , the inhabitants of this city rebelled heroically against it to the extent that they announced their independence and called it Zefta Republic . Zefta is the birthplace of many famous figures including the writer Ehsan Abd El Kodus .
