Faiyum Govrenorate (Arabic: محافظة الفيوم Muḥāfaẓat al Fayyūm) 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).
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pA-y-m (Faiyum) in hieroglyphs |
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The name Faiyum comes frae Coptic 'Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ /Ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ efiom/peiom (whence the proper name Ⲡⲁⲓⲟⲙ 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.
The govrenorate o Faiyum includes:
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