Faiyum Governorate

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Governorate of Egypt

Faiyum Governorate is an administrative region in central Egypt known for its fertile agricultural land, ancient archaeological sites, and the Faiyum Oasis west of the Nile.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Faiyum region 3
Fayyum 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Governorate of Egypt ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Egypt ⓘ
borderedBy Beni Suef Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giza Governorate ⓘ
Minya Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
surface form: Faiyum
climate arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Dimeh al-Siba ⓘ
Hawara ⓘ
Karanis ⓘ
Lahun Pyramid ⓘ
surface form: Lahun

Medinet Madi ⓘ
hasCity Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
surface form: Faiyum

Itsa ⓘ
Sinnuris ⓘ
Tamiya ⓘ
Yusuf as-Siddiq ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Egyptians ⓘ
hasLake Lake Qarun ⓘ
hasLandform depression ⓘ
hasMajorCrop cotton ⓘ
fruits ⓘ
maize ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasPart Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Wadi El Hitan ⓘ
Wadi El Rayan ⓘ
hasWaterSource Bahr Yussef canal ⓘ
historicalRegion Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
knownFor Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
ancient archaeological sites ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ
locatedIn central Egypt ⓘ
locatedWestOf Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
partOf central Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Egypt
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
UTC+02:00 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Wadi El Hitan ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giza Governorate → borderedBy → Faiyum Governorate ⓘ
Beni Suef Governorate → borderedByGovernorate → Faiyum Governorate ⓘ
Upper Egypt → hasPart → Faiyum Governorate ⓘ
Hawara pyramid complex → locatedIn → Faiyum Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faiyum region
Lahun Pyramid → locatedInRegion → Faiyum Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faiyum region
subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah
this entity surface form: Faiyum region
Saadia Gaon → placeOfBirth → Faiyum Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fayyum