Faiyum Governorate
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Faiyum (Template:Langx Template:Transliteration) 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).<ref name="pop 2020">Template:Cite web</ref>
Etymology
Template:Hiero The name Faiyum comes from Coptic Template:Coptic /Template:Coptic efiom/peiom (whence the proper name Template:Coptic Template:Transliteration), 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
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.<ref name="Takaful and Karama">Template:Cite news</ref>
Municipal divisions
The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of April 2025 of 4,206,852. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name.<ref name="CAPMAS2023" />
| Anglicized name | Native name | Arabic transliteration | Population (January 2023 Est.) |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Shawashna | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration | 257,768 | Markaz |
| Faiyum | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration | 625,249 | Markaz |
| Faiyum 1 | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration | 281,676 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Faiyum 2 | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration | 248,210 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Ibsheway | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration | 467,862 | Markaz |
| Itsa | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration | 797,962 | Markaz |
| New Faiyum | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration | 442 | New City |
| Sinnuris | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration | 714,085 | Markaz |
| Tamiya | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration | 502,444 | Markaz |
| Yousef El Seddik | Template:Lang | Template:Transliteration incl. Template:Transliteration | 151,689 | Markaz |
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 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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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.<ref name="pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Industrial zones
According to the Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), the following industrial zones are located in Faiyum:<ref name="IndustrialZones">Template:Cite web</ref>
| Zone name |
|---|
| Kom Oshim Industrial Zone |
| Kutah Industrial Zone |
| New Faiyum Industrial Zone |
Notable people
- 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
- Bahr Yussef
- Egyptian Faiyumi
- Lake El Rayan
- Fayum mummy portraits<ref name="Faces">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="PerAnkh">Template:Cite web</ref> are paintings from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD.