Faiyum facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Faiyum
الفيوم
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    Clockwise from top:
a fishing boat on Lake Qarun, Whale Valley, trees fighting desertification, Sobek Temple |
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 Faiyum
Location in Egypt
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| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Faiyum |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population
(2012)
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| • Total | 349,883 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Faiyum (Arabic: الفيوم; Coptic: ̀Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ or Ⲫⲓⲱⲙ ̀Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ or Ⲫⲓⲱⲙ) is a city in the Middle of Egypt. It is 100 kilometres (62 mi) away from Cairo. The city is located in the Faiyum Oasis, and it is the capital of Faiyum Governorate. The city was called Shedet in Ancient Egypt. When the Greeks took Egypt, they called it Crocodilopolis or Krocodilopolis. the Romans called it Arsinoë. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities, and it has a strategic location.
Climate
| Climate data for Faiyum | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
30 (86) |
36 (97) |
41 (106) |
43 (109) |
46 (115) |
41 (106) |
43 (109) |
39 (102) |
40 (104) |
36 (97) |
30 (86) |
46 (115) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
29 (84) |
33.6 (92.5) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
35.8 (96.4) |
33.2 (91.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
28.7 (83.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2 (36) |
4 (39) |
5 (41) |
8 (46) |
11 (52) |
16 (61) |
13 (55) |
13 (55) |
10 (50) |
11 (52) |
4 (39) |
4 (39) |
2 (36) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
7 (0.1) |
| Source 1: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Voodoo Skies for record temperatures | |||||||||||||
Main sights
- Hawara, archeological site 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the city
- Lahun Pyramids, 4 kilometres (2 mi) outside the city
- Qaitbay Mosque, in the city. the wife of the Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay built it.
- Qasr Qarun, 44 kilometres (27 mi) from the city
- Wadi Elrayan or Wadi Rayan, the largest waterfalls in Egypt, around 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the city
- Wadi Al-Hitan or Valley of whales, It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Related pages
- Faiyum Governorate
- Wadi Elrayan
- Fayum towns and their papyri, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive
. 148 pages, public domain.
Images for kids
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El Faiyum map
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Portrait of a man, c. 125–150 AD. Encaustic on wood; 37 cm × 20 cm (15 in × 8 in)
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Fragment of a papyrus letter discussing tax issues from the Zenon Archive (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
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Jean-Léon Gérôme, View of Medinet El-Fayoum, c. 1868-1870
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Qarun Palace
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Temple
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A whale skeleton lies in the sand at Wadi Al-Hitan (Arabic: وادي الحيتان, "Whales Valley") near the city of Faiyum
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See also
In Spanish: Fayún para niños
