Qarun
Qarun is a village in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt. Qarun is situated nearby to the locality علواية حرباوي, as well as near Hanak Umm al Zalat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Philoteris.
Philoteris
Locality
Philoteris was a village in ancient Egypt located in the Faiyum Oasis. It was founded c. 280s BC by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, who named it for his sister, Philotera. Philoteris is situated 6 km southeast of Qarun.
Qarun
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Naj‘ ‘Arab al Fawā’idah”, “Qârûn”, “Qasr Qarun”, and “Qaşr Qārūn”
- Category: locality
- Location: Faiyum Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.40815° or 29° 24′ 29″ northLongitude
30.411° or 30° 24′ 40″ eastElevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Open location code
7GXGCC56+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 332568764OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
350647
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Qarun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قارون”
- French: “Qarun”
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