Al-Fayyum Governorate

محافظة الفيوم al-Fayyum
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Country	Egypt
Capital	al-Fayyūm
surface	1827 km²
Residents	2,979,029 (2015)
density	1631 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	EG-FYM

Coordinates: 29 ° 18 '  N , 30 ° 50'  E

Landscape north of Lake Qarun

al-Fayyum ( Arabic محافظة الفيوم Muhāfazat al-Fayyūm , DMG Muḥāfaẓat al-Fayyūm , Egyptian-Arabic Muḥāfẓet El Fayyūm ), also Faijum , is a governorate in Egypt with 2,979,029 inhabitants and is located in Central Egypt , on the eastern edge of the Libyan Desert , 90 km southwest of Cairo .

It is bordered by the al-Jiza Governorate to the west and north and the Bani Suwaif governorate to the east and south . The administrative center is Madinat al-Fayyum .

For government includes the Wadi Al-Hitan , since 2005 site of the UNESCO - World Heritage Site .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Egypt. In: GeoHive. Retrieved January 12, 2016 . 

Web links

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