Faiyum

Summary

Faiyum is a city^[1]. Faiyum ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Faiyum is located in Faiyum Governorate^[3].
• Faiyum is in the country of Egypt^[4].
• Faiyum's image is recorded as MadinatFayyumWaterWheel.jpg^[5].
• Faiyum's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Faiyum's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Faiyum's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167693603^[8].
• Faiyum's GND ID is recorded as 5103887-0^[9].
• Faiyum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82063726^[10].
• Faiyum's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12365376g^[11].
• Faiyum's part of is recorded as Lower Egypt^[12].
• Faiyum's Commons category is recorded as Faiyum^[13].
• Faiyum's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[14].
• Faiyum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.3, 'lon': 30.833333333333}^[15].
• Faiyum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b5jph^[16].
• Faiyum's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge138176^[17].
• Faiyum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Faiyum^[18].
• Faiyum's page banner is recorded as A safe haven in the middle of the desert (cropped).jpg^[19].
• Faiyum's population is recorded as {'amount': '+519047'}^[20].
• Faiyum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• Faiyum's replaces is recorded as Crocodilopolis^[22].
• Faiyum's capital of is recorded as Faiyum Governorate^[23].
• Faiyum's capital of is recorded as Markaz al Fayyūm^[24].
• Faiyum's topic has template is recorded as Q25721659^[25].
• Faiyum's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الفيوم'}^[26].
• Faiyum's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Born in Faiyum (city)^[27].

Body

Geography

Faiyum is in the country of Egypt^[4]. Faiyum is located in Faiyum Governorate^[3]. Faiyum's part of is recorded as Lower Egypt^[12].

Physical Characteristics

Faiyum's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+29'}^[28]. Faiyum's population is recorded as {'amount': '+519047'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and big city^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Faiyum include New Faiyum^[29], a city^[30], in Egypt^[31].

Why It Matters

Faiyum ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).^[2] Faiyum has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Faiyum is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Faiyum include New Faiyum^[29], a city^[30], in Egypt^[31].