El Fashn | |
Native Name: | الفشن ⲡⲃⲏϣⲛ |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 28.8227°N 30.8992°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Beni Suef |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 269.5 |
Elevation M: | 31 |
Population Total: | 512,242 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
El Fashn (Arabic: الفشن, from [2]) is a city in Egypt. It is situated near the southern borders of Beni Suef Governorate.[3]
The city was called Phebichis [4] in Ptolemaic and Byzantine Egypt.