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El Fashn
View on WikipediaEl Fashn (Arabic: الفشن, from Coptic: ⲡⲃⲏϣⲛ, lit. 'the castle'[2]) is a city in Egypt. It is situated near the southern borders of Beni Suef Governorate.[3]
Key Information
The city was called Phebichis (Ancient Greek: Φεβιχις)[4] in Ptolemaic and Byzantine Egypt.
Subdivisions
[edit]Al-Fashn contains many villages, the most important are: Talat, one of the largest villages in the district, Manshiyat Amr, Al-Fent Al-Sharqiya, Al-Fent Al-Gharbiya, Al-Jamhud, Delhans, Shenri, Al-Sharahna, as well as Al-Barqi, Nazlat Al-Barqi, Bani Saleh, Al-Shaqr, Al-Qudabi, Sharaara, Aqfahs, and Nazlat Aqfahs, as well as the villages of Saft Al-Arfa and Saft Al-Nour.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 40.
- ^ الفشن - المعرفة
- ^ "TM Places". Trismegistos. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
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