Faiyum Govrenorate

Faiyum Govrenorate ( ) is ane o the govrenorates o Egyp in the middle o the kintra. Its caipital is the ceety o Faiyum, locatit aboot 81 mi (130 km) sooth wast o Cairo. It haes a population o 2,512,792 (2006).

 Etymology 

The name Faiyum comes frae Coptic  / efiom/peiom (whence the proper name  payoum), meanin the Sea or the Lake, which in turn comes frae late Egyptian pA y-m o the same meanin, a reference tae the nearbi Lake Moeris.

 Geography 
The govrenorate o Faiyum includes:
 The muckle fertile Faiyum Oasis, which comprises fermland, Lake Moeris, an some ceeties.
 Sooth o the Faiyum Oasis, a smawer depression contains the toun o El Gharaq el Sulţāni. It is an aa irrigatit frae the Nile.
 A dry barren depression named Wadi Elrayan, which covers 280 mi² (725 km²), wast o the El Gharaq el Sulţāni depression.
 Desert an dry muntains, which maistly surroond the depressions.

 Ceeties 
Faiyum
Senuris

 See an aa 
Egyptian Fayoumi Chicken.
Faiyum Oasis
Lake Moeris
Bahr Yussef
Faiyum mummy portraits
Wadi Elrayan

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
Fayoum Govrenorate  Offeecial wabsteid


Category:Govrenorates o Egyp