Place:Al Fayyum, Faiyûm, Egypt

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NameAl Fayyum
Alt namesAl Fayyūmsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Al-Fayyumsource: GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
Al-Fayyūmsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-5
El Faiyûmsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 389
El-Fayoumsource: GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
El-Fayumsource: GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
Faiyumsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Faiyûmsource: GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
Fayoumsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Fayumsource: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Fayyumsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Madīnat Al-Fayyūmsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1985) IV, 707
Medinat Al-Faiyumsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-111
TypeCity
Coordinates29.317°N 30.833°E
Located inFaiyûm, Egypt
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Faiyum (borrowed from from "the Sea, Lake") is a city in Middle Egypt. Located southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. Originally called Shedet in Egyptian, the Greeks called it in , and later .[1] It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location.

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