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Also known as Ibshawāy

Ibsheway (; Coptic: ⲡⲓϣⲁⲉⲓ) is a city in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt.

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Place details

Locality
مدينه ابشواى
Region
الفيوم
Country
مصر
Population
86,186
Timezone
Africa/Cairo

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Ibsheway
Settlement.native_name
إبشوايⲡⲓϣⲁⲉⲓ
Settlement.native_name_lang
ar
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_caption
Ibsheway (1968).
Settlement.pushpin_map
Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Faiyum
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
20.4
Settlement.population_total
86,186
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone1
EET
Settlement.utc_offset1
+2

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Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • History
  • References

Ibsheway (; Coptic: ⲡⲓϣⲁⲉⲓ) is a city in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt.

== History == Linguistic analysis links Ibsheway to the ancient village of Pisais (, ). The association of the modern name with the Egyptian deity Shaï, along with its geographical location, strongly supports this identification.

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

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