Faiyum Governorate

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

Governorate of Egypt

Governorate in Egypt

Faiyum Governorate

Governorate

Faiyum Oasis

Flag

Faiyum Governorate on the map of Egypt

Country|  Egypt
Seat| Faiyum (capital)
Government

• Governor| Essam Saad Ibrahim Ahmed[1]
Area

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• Total

| 6,068 km2 (2,343 sq mi)
Population

(2023)[3]

• Total

| 4,047,387
• Density| 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
GDP

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• Total| EGP 134 billion
(US$ 8.5 billion)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
HDI (2021)| 0.702[5]
high · 18th
Website| www.fayoum.gov.eg

Faiyum Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الفيوم Muḥāfāzah 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 3,848,708 (2020).[6]

## Etymology

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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.

## Overview

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The rate of poverty is more than 60% in this governorate but recently some social safety networks have been provided in the form of financial assistance and job opportunities. The funding has been coordinated by the country's Ministry of Finance and with assistance from international organizations.[7]

## Municipal divisions

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The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 4,047,387. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name.[3]

Municipal Divisions  Anglicized name | Native name | Arabic transliteration | Population
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Al Shawashna | مركز الشواشنة | Al-Shawashnah | 257,768 | Markaz
Faiyum | مركز الفيوم | Al-Fayyūm | 625,249 | Markaz
Faiyum 1 | قسم أول الفيوم | Al-Fayyūm 1 | 281,676 | Kism (fully urban)
Faiyum 2 | قسم ثان الفيوم | Al-Fayyūm 2 | 248,210 | Kism (fully urban)
Ibsheway | مركز إبشواى | Ibshawāy | 467,862 | Markaz
Itsa | مركز إطسا | Iṭsā | 797,962 | Markaz
New Faiyum | مدينة الفيوم الجديدة | Madīnat al-Fayyūm al-Jadīdah | 442 | New City
Sinnuris | مركز سنورس | Sinnūris | 714,085 | Markaz
Tamiya | مركز طامية | Ṭāmiyah | 502,444 | Markaz
Yousef El Seddik | مركز يوسف الصديق | Yūsuf aṣ-Ṣiddīq incl. Ash-Shawāshnah | 151,689 | Markaz

## Geography

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Landscape northwards of lake Moeris

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 El Rayan, which covers 280 mi² (725 km²), west of the El Gharaq el Sulţāni depression.
* Desert and dry mountains, which mostly surround the depressions.

## Population

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Boy of Nazla, one of the pottery production sites at Faiyum

According to population estimates from 2015 the majority of residents in the governorate live in rural areas, with an urbanization rate of only 22.5%. Out of an estimated 3,170,150 people residing in the governorate, 2,456,368 people lived in rural areas and only 713,782 lived in urban areas.[8][9]

## Industrial zones

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According to the Egyptian Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), in affiliation with the Ministry of Investment (MOI), the following industrial zones are located in this governorate:[10]

* Kom Oshim
* New Kom Oshim
* Kouta
* (New urban community industrial zone) New Fayoum

## Notable people

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* Aly Lotfy Mahmoud
* Ahmed Fakhry
* Arafa El Sayed
* Fawzia Fahim
* Hamdi Abu Golayyel
* Pope John XVIII of Alexandria
* Magdy Atwa
* Mariam Fakhr Eddine
* Mohamed Abdelwahab
* Mohamed Ihab
* Saadia Gaon
* Sayed Abdel Hafeez
* Sayed Moawad
* Sabri Raheel
* Sufi Abu Taleb
* Tefta Tashko-Koço
* Youssef Wahbi
* Yousef Wali
* Zakariyya Ahmad

## See also

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* Bahr Yussef
* Egyptian Faiyumi
* Lake El Rayan
* Fayum mummy portraits[11][12] are paintings from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD.

## References

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1. ^ "رسمياً.. المحافظون الجدد ونوابهم يؤدون اليمين الدستورية أمام الرئيس". Almasry Alyoum (in Arabic). 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
2. ^ "Fayoum Governorate". Retrieved 4 March 2021.
3. ^ a b https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Admin/Pages Files/202331512347عدد السكان على مستوى المراكز والاقسام فى 1ـ 1ـ 2023.pdf. Retrieved 2 April 2023. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
4. ^ "GDP BY GOVERNORATE", mped.gov.eg
5. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
6. ^ "Population Estimates By Governorate ( Urban /Rural ) 19/11/2020". www.capmas.gov.eg. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
7. ^ "Social Solidarity Ministry to provide citizens with disabilities financial support". Egypt Independent. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
8. ^ "Population Estimates By Sex & Governorate 1/1/2015" (PDF). CAPMAS. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
9. ^ "GeoHive - Egypt population statistics". Archived from the original on 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
10. ^ "Industrial Zones of Governorate". Ministry of Investment Egypt. Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
11. ^ Yasser, Nayera (April 30, 2015). "Amna Elshandaweely and Nada Elsonbaty pave 'Road to Fayoum'". Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
12. ^ "The Fayoum Portraits". Per Ankh Trading. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

## External links

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* El Wattan News of Faiyum Governorate
* "Fayum" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 219.

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