Faiyum Governorate

Faiyum is one of the governorates of Egypt in the middle of the country. Its capital is the city of , located about 81 mi south west of . It has a population of 3,848,708.
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 4,050,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: Al Fayyūm”, “El Faiyūm”, “El Fayoum”, “Faiyum”, “Fayum Province”, “Fayyum”, “Mohafazat El Faiyum”, “Mudīrīyat al Fayyūm”, “Muhafazat al Fayyum”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at Fayyūm

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Philoteris.

Locality
was a village in ancient Egypt located in the . It was founded c. 280s BC by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, who named it for his sister, Philotera. is situated 10 km north of Faiyum Governorate.

Faiyum Governorate

Latitude
29.3° or 29° 18′ north
Longitude
30.5° or 30° 30′ east
Population
4,050,000
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
7GXG7GX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
361323
Wiki­data ID
Q30656
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Zulu—“Faiyum Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Κροκοδειλόπολις
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Κροκοδείλων Πόλις
  • Arabic: الفيوم (محافظة)
  • Arabic: الفيوم المحافظة
  • Arabic: الفيوم
  • Arabic: فيوم
  • Arabic: محافظة الفيوم
  • Armenian: Ալ-Ֆայում
  • Azerbaijani: əl-Fəyyum mühafəzəsi
  • Basque: Al Fayyum
  • Basque: Al-Faiyum
  • Basque: Faiyum
  • Basque: Faiyumgo gobernadore-herria
  • Belarusian: Эль-Фаюм
  • Bosnian: Faiyum
  • Bulgarian: Фаюм
  • Catalan: Governació d’el Faium
  • Catalan: Governació del Faium
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at al Fayyūm
  • Chinese: Faiyum Séng
  • Chinese: 法尤姆省
  • Czech: Fajjúm
  • Danish: Al Fayyum
  • Dutch: Al Fayyum
  • Dutch: Faium
  • Dutch: Fajoem
  • Dutch: Fayoem
  • Dutch: Fayum
  • Esperanto: Fajum
  • Esperanto: Provinco Fajum
  • Finnish: Al-Fayyumin kuvernementti
  • Finnish: Al-Fayyumin kuvernoraatti
  • French: Al Fayoum
  • French: Al-Fayoum
  • French: Fayoum
  • French: Fayum
  • French: Fayyoum
  • French: Gouvernorat du Fayoum
  • Georgian: ელ-ფაიუმი
  • Georgian: ელ-ფაიუმის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: Al-Faiyūm
  • German: al-Fayyum
  • German: Al-Fayyum
  • German: EG-FYM
  • German: Faiyum
  • German: Faiyūm
  • German: Gouvernement al-Fayyum
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Φαγιούμ
  • Hebrew: אל-פיום
  • Hebrew: פיום
  • Hindi: फ़य्यूम मुहाफ़ज़ाह
  • Irish: Gobharnóireacht Faiyum
  • Italian: Governatorato di al-Fayyum
  • Italian: Governatorato di Faiyum
  • Italian: Governatorato di Fayium
  • Italian: Governatorato di Fayum
  • Japanese: ファイユーム県
  • Korean: 파이윰주
  • Ladino: Fayun
  • Latin: Al-Fayyum
  • Latin: Crocodilopolis
  • Latin: Crocodilopolitana
  • Latvian: Faijūmas muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Fajumo muchafaza
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Faiyum
  • Min Nan Chinese: Faiyum Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Al-Fayyum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Guvernementet Al Fayyum
  • Norwegian: Guvernementet Faiyum
  • Persian: استان فیوم
  • Polish: Fajum
  • Portuguese: Faium
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Al Fayyum
  • Russian: Эль-Файюм
  • Scots: Faiyum Govrenorate
  • Serbian: Faiyum Governorate
  • Serbian: Фајум
  • Serbo-Croatian: Fajum (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Fajum
  • Slovenian: Fajum
  • Slovenian: Guvernat Fajum
  • South Azerbaijani: فیوم اوستانی
  • Spanish: Al-Fayum
  • Spanish: El Fayum
  • Spanish: El Fayúm
  • Spanish: El Fayun
  • Spanish: El Fayún
  • Spanish: El-Fayum
  • Spanish: El-Fayun
  • Spanish: Fayoum
  • Spanish: Fayum
  • Spanish: Fayun
  • Spanish: Fayún
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Fayún
  • Swahili: Al-Fayyum
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Faiyum
  • Swedish: Faijum
  • Tajik: Вилояти Файюм
  • Tatar: Әл-Файум провинциясе
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอัลฟัยยูม
  • Turkish: Feyyum
  • Ukrainian: Ель-Фаюм
  • Urdu: محافظہ فیوم
  • Waray (Philippines): Faiyum
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ فیوم
  • Wu Chinese: 法尤姆省
  • Zulu: Faiyum Governorate

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