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| Name | Faiyum |
|---|---|
| Native name | الفيوم |
| Pushpin map | Egypt |
| Pushpin label position | bottom |
| Pushpin mapsize | 300 |
| Pushpin map caption | Location in Egypt |
| Coordinates region | EG |
| Coordinates display | inline, title |
| Subdivision type | Country |
| Subdivision name | |
| Subdivision type1 | Governorate |
| Subdivision name1 | Faiyum |
| Leader title1 | |
| Established title | |
| Unit pref | Imperial |
| Area total km2 | |
| Area land km2 | |
| Population as of | 2006 |
| Population total | 316,772 |
| Population blank1 title | Ethnicities |
| Timezone | EST |
| Utc offset | +2 |
| Timezone dst | +3 |
| Elevation footnotes | |
| Postal code type |
Faiyum ( , Coptic: Paiom) is a city in Middle Egypt. Located 130 km southwest of Cairo, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. The town occupies part of the ancient site of Crocodilopolis. Founded in around 4000 B.C., it is the oldest city in Egypt and Africa.
Its name in English is also spelled as Fayum, Fayoum, Al Fayyum or El Faiyūm. Faiyum was previously officially named Madīnet el Faiyūm (Arabic for The City of Faiyum). The name Faiyum (and its spelling variations) may also refer to the Faiyum Oasis, although it is commonly used by Egyptians today to refer to the city.
The modern name of the city comes from Coptic / efiom/peiom (whence the proper name payom), 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.
The center of the city is on the canal, with the four waterwheels, that are adopted by the governorate of Fayoum as its national symbol, their chariots and bazaars are easy to spot.
Undisputed remains of early anthropoids date from the late Eocene and early Oligocene, about 34 million years ago, in the Fayyum area, southwest of Cairo, Egypt. One of the earliest fossil primates at Fayum is Catopithecus, dating to around 35 million years ago.
Category:Faiyum Governorate Category:Governorate capitals in Egypt Category:Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC Category:Populated places in Egypt
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