El Fashn Explained

El Fashn
Native Name:الفشن
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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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Al-Fashn (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . citypopulation.de . 17 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Peust . Carsten . Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten . 40.
  3. http://www.marefa.org/index.php/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B4%D9%86 الفشن - المعرفة
  4. Web site: TM Places . 2022-11-09 . www.trismegistos.org.