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Encyclopedia > Faiyum Governorate
Faiyum Governorate
محافظة الفيوم
Map of Egypt with Faiyum Governorate محافظة الفيوم highlighted.
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Faiyum Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الفيوم; from Coptic: 'Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ Efiom, meaning the Sea) is one of the governorates of Egypt located in the middle of the country. Its capital is the city of Faiyum, located about 81 mi (130 km) southwest of Cairo. It has a population of 307,731 (2005),[1] Subnational entity is a generic term for an administrative region within a country — on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties, or provinces with a certain degree of autonomy in a varying number of matters. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Egypt: Site of Al Fayyum oasis (top center). ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... There are a number of languages spoken in Egypt, although Egyptian Arabic is by far the most widely spoken in the country. ... Arabic redirects here. ... Arabic redirects here. ... The Coptic language is a direct descendant of the ancient Egyptian language which was once written in Egyptian hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic scripts. ... Egypt is divided into 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah): Ad Daqahliyah Al Bahr al Ahmar Al Buhayrah Al Fayyum Al Gharbiyah Al Iskandariyah Al Ismailiyah Al Jizah Al Minufiyah Al Minya Al Qahirah Al Qalyubiyah Al Wadi al Jadid Ash Sharqiyah As Suways Aswan Asyut Bani Suwayf Bur Sa... Egypt: Site of Al Fayyum oasis (top center). ... For other uses, see Cairo (disambiguation). ...

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Location and Settings

The governorate of Faiyum comprises a number of cities and towns. Besides its capital city of Faiyum, there are Senuris and Tomia to the north, and Senaru and Auuksa on the road to the lake. Egypt: Site of Al Fayyum oasis (top center). ...


Geography

The governorate of Faiyum includes:

  • The large fertile Faiyum Oasis, which comprises farmland, Lake Moeris, and some cities.
  • South of the Faiyum Oasis, a smaller depression contains the town of El Gharaq el Sulţāni. It is also irrigated from the Nile.
  • A dry barren depression named Wadi Elrayan, which covers 280 mi² (725 km²), west of the El Gharaq el Sulţāni depression.
  • Desert and dry mountains, which mostly surround the depressions.
  • In Etsa region there are many ancient places like Madi city,

Site of Faiyum Oasis on the map of Egypt Survey of the Moeris Basin from the late 19th century The Faiyum Oasis is a distinctive region with character between the main Nile Valley and other desert oases. ... Lake Moeris was an ancient lake located in the Fayum depression, 80 km southwest of Cairo in Egypt. ... Site of Faiyum Oasis on the map of Egypt Survey of the Moeris Basin from the late 19th century The Faiyum Oasis is a distinctive region with character between the main Nile Valley and other desert oases. ... For other uses, see Nile (disambiguation). ...

See also

Site of Faiyum Oasis on the map of Egypt Survey of the Moeris Basin from the late 19th century The Faiyum Oasis is a distinctive region with character between the main Nile Valley and other desert oases. ... Lake Moeris was an ancient lake located in the Fayum depression, 80 km southwest of Cairo in Egypt. ... The Bahr Yussef, which roughly translates from Arabic as the waterway of Joseph, is a canal which connects the Nile River with Fayyum in Egypt. ...

References

  1. ^ 2005 World City populations

External links

  • Fayoum Governorate Official website

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Encyclopædia Britannica, the eleventh edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

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