Faiyum Oasis
The Faiyum Oasis is a depression or basin in the desert immediately west of the Nile river, 62 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. The extent of the basin area is estimated at between 1,270 km2 and 1,700 km2.Photo: cyniczagor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Faiyum Oasis
- Type: Pool
- Description: oasis in Egypt
- Categories: oasis and body of water
- Location: Faiyum Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.45361° or 29° 27' 13" northLongitude
30.58083° or 30° 34' 51" eastElevation
-47 metres (-154 feet)Open Location Code
7GXGFH3J+C8GeoNames ID
8556336Wikidata ID
Q1399125Faiyum Oasis Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: منخفض الفيوم
- Armenian: Ֆայյում (օազիս)
- Armenian: Ֆայյում
- Belarusian: Фаюмскі аазіс
- Bulgarian: Фаюм (оазис)
- Bulgarian: Фаюм
- Catalan: Oasi de Faium
- Catalan: oasi de Faium
- Chinese: 法尤姆盆地
- Chinese: 法尤姆綠洲
- Czech: Fajjúm (oáza)
- Czech: Fajjúm
- Czech: Fajjúmská oáza
- Czech: Oáza Fajjúm
- Dutch: Faiyum Oasis
- Dutch: Fajoem-depressie
- Egyptian Arabic: منخفض الفيوم
- English: Fayyum
- Finnish: Faijumin keidas
- French: Oasis du Fayoum
- French: oasis du Fayoum
- German: Fayyum-Becken
- Hebrew: נווה המדבר פיום
- Hungarian: Fajjúm-oázis
- Indonesian: Oasis Faiyum
- Indonesian: Oasis faiyum
- Italian: Oasi del Fayyum
- Japanese: ファイユーム・オアシス
- Occitan (post 1500): Oasís de Faium
- Polish: Al-Fajjum
- Polish: Al-Fajum
- Polish: Al Fayyum
- Polish: Fajjum
- Polish: Fajum
- Polish: Oaza Fajum
- Portuguese: Oásis de Faium
- Portuguese: Oásis de Fayum
- Russian: Файюмский оазис
- Russian: Фаюмский оазис
- Russian: Эль-Файюм
- Serbo-Croatian: Oaza Fajum
- Spanish: Oasis de Fayún
- Swedish: Al-Fayyum
- Swedish: Al-Fayyūm
- Swedish: Al Fayyum
- Swedish: Al Fayyūm
- Swedish: Crocodilopolis
- Swedish: El Faiyum
- Swedish: El Fayoum
- Swedish: Faijum
- Swedish: Fajum
- Swedish: Fayoum
- Swedish: Fayoumoasen
- Swedish: Fayum
- Swedish: Fayyum
- Turkish: Feyyum Vahası
- Ukrainian: Западина Файюм
- Ukrainian: Оаза Ель-Файюм
- Ukrainian: Файюмська западина
- Ukrainian: Файюмська оаза
- Фаюмська оаза
In the Area
Localities
- ‘Izbat al MadīnahLocality, 5 km south
- ‘Izbat al ThulthumāyahLocality, 5 km south
- ‘Izbat al WakīlLocality, 6 km south
- ‘Izbat al ‘UqaylīLocality, 6 km south
- ‘Izbat al MisharrakLocality, 6 km south
- ‘Izbat Būrīsh al GharbīyahLocality, 6 km southwest
Landmarks
- Birkat QārūnLake
- Batn el BaqaraBay
- Khashm al MaḩāţibPoint, 4 km northwest
- Khashm Ibn Sha‘bānPoint, 4 km northwest
- Khashm as Sayyid Khalaf AllāhPoint, 4 km southeast
- Khashm al MayyitPoint, 4 km north
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Faiyum Oasis. Photo: cyniczagor, CC BY-SA 2.0.