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Also known as Fuwah

Fuwwah (; ) is a city in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt.

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Place details

Locality
فوه
Region
كفر الشيخ
Country
مصر
Population
93,392
Timezone
Africa/Cairo

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Fuwwah
Settlement.settlement_type
City
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مصنع طرابيش الملك محمد على باشا.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Remnants of the Fez Factory in Fuwwa
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Egypt
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bottom
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Location in Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kafr El Sheikh
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone1
EET
Settlement.utc_offset1
+2
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EEST
Settlement.utc_offset1_DST
+3

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Encyclopedic overview

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Fuwwah (; ) is a city in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt.

== Name == The name of the town is attested in and , although it's also claimed that the name is derived from the Arabic word for saffron, fuwa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fuwwah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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