| Tahta | |
| Other Name: | Arabic: طهطا |
| Native Name: | Coptic: {{Script/Coptic|ⲧϩⲟⲧⲏ |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sohag |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.656 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 182,052 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Metro Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Blank1 Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 26.7683°N 31.5006°W |
| Elevation M: | 66 |
Tahta (ar|طهطا / pronounced as /ar/, ALA-LC: Ṭahṭā; ;[2], in Coptic pronounced as /dəˈhodæ/) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in an area known for its agricultural richness. Tahta had a population of 85,528 in the 2017 census.[3] Egyptologists believe that the modern name may derive from the word Ta-ho-ty (egy|Tȝ-ḥw.t-Ty). Two famous monasteries are located near Tahta, the White Monastery and the Red Monastery. The town has a small but significant Coptic Catholic community.[4] Its most famous resident was the reformist intellectual Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, who was born in Tahta in 1801, and who wrote and translated many books following his trip to Paris in 1826 as the imam and chaplain for the first group of Egyptians whom Mehmet Ali Pasha (Muhammad Ali Pasha) sent to study in western Europe.
Villages within the jurisdiction of Tahta include: