Faiyum Governorate

Faiyum Governorate
Governorate
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Faiyum Governorate on the map of Egypt
Country	Egypt
Seat	Faiyum (capital)
Government
• Governor	Hazem Atteya-Allah[1]
Area
• Total	1,827 km^2 (705 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	3,072,181
• Density	1,700/km^2 (4,400/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)

Coat of arms of Fayoum Governorate

Faiyum Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الفيوم‎‎ Muḥāfaẓat al Fayyūm) is one of the governorates of Egypt in the middle of the country. Its capital is the city of Faiyum, located about 81 mi (130 km) south west of Cairo. It has a population of 3,072,181 (2014).^[2]

Etymology

pA-y-m (Faiyum) in hieroglyphs

The name Faiyum comes from Coptic  ̀Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ /Ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ efiom/peiom (whence the proper name Ⲡⲁⲓⲟⲙ payoum), meaning the Sea or the Lake, which in turn comes from late Egyptian pA y-m of the same meaning, a reference to the nearby Lake Moeris.

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.

Cities

• Faiyum
• Senuris
• Abshway

See also

• Bahr Yussef
• Egyptian Fayoumi Chicken.
• Faiyum mummy portraits
• Faiyum Oasis
• Lake Moeris
• Wadi Elrayan

References

1. "Mansour appoints 20 new governors". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

External links

• Fayoum Governorate Official website

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Coordinates: 29°21′48″N 30°44′45″E / 29.36333°N 30.74583°E