 The most notable streets in Zagazig are Farouk Street, Government Street, and El Kawmia Street.The city was found in the 19th century on a place of a village called "Nazlat az-Zaqāzīq" which was named after the Zaqzuq family.The family's name itself comes form a dialectal word "zaqzuq" or "ziqziq" which means "a small creature" (e.g.