Fuwwah (Arabic: فوه; Coptic: ⲫⲟⲩⲁ or ⲃⲟⲩⲁ)[1] is a city in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt.[2]
Fuwwah
فوه | |
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City | |
![]() Remnants of the Fez Factory in Fuwwa | |
![]() ![]() Fuwwah Location in Egypt | |
Coordinates: 31.203258°N 30.550354°E / 31.203258; 30.550354 | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Kafr El Sheikh |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
The name of the town is attested in Coptic: ⲫⲟⲩⲁ or ⲃⲟⲩⲁ[3] and Ancient Greek: Παυα,[4] although it's also claimed that the name is derived from the Arabic word for saffron, fuwwa.[5]
Medieval Fuwwah grew to become one of the most important cities in al-Dimashqi's time, when he compared its size to that of Cairo. Fuwwah's prosperity owed largely to the decline of Rosetta at that time. Fuwwah was the capital of a province variously called Fuwwah or Al-Muzahamiyatayn.[1]
Fuwwah's Christian bishopric remained active through the late thirteenth century, indicating the presence of a large Christian population at the time. Its location on the Rosetta branch of the Nile meant that residents could easily travel by boat, the main mode of transport in the Nile Delta at the time - overland travel was potentially dangerous, as evidenced by the inability of Yusab, the bishop of Fuwwah, to travel to the Synod of 1250 due to Bedouin raids.[6]
One of the most important monuments in Fuwwah is the Fez factory established in 1824 by an order from Muhammed Ali Pasha.[7]
The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Fuwwah as a nahiyah under the district of Desouk in Gharbia Governorate; at that time, the population of the town was 9,902 (4,805 men and 5,097 women).[8]
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Cities and towns of Egypt | |
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Cairo Governorate | Cairo |
Giza Governorate | Giza, 6th of October City, Sheikh Zayed City, El Hawamdeya, El Badrashein, El Saff, Atfih, El Ayyat, Bawiti, Manshiyat al Qanater, Awsim, Kerdasa, Abu El Namras |
Qalyubia Governorate | Benha, Qalyub, Shubra El Kheima, El Qanater El Khayreya, Khanka, Kafr Shukr, Toukh, Qaha, Obour City, Khusus, Shibin El Qanater |
Alexandria Governorate | Alexandria, Borg El Arab, New Borg El Arab |
Beheira Governorate | Damanhur, Kafr El Dawwar, Rosetta, Edku, Abu El Matamir, Abu Hummus, El Delengat, El Mahmoudiyah, El Rahmaniya, Itay El Barud, Hosh Issa, Shubra Khit, Koum Hamada, Badr, Wadi El Natrun, New Nubariya |
Matrouh Governorate | |
Damietta Governorate | Damietta, New Damietta, Ras El Bar, Faraskur, Kafr Saad, El Zarqa, Assarw, Arrawda, Kafr El Battikh, Ezbet El Borg, Mit Abu Ghaleb |
Dakahlia Governorate | Mansoura, Talkha, Mit Ghamr, Dekernes, Aga, Minyat An-Nasr, El Senbellawein, El Kurdi, Bani Ebaid, El Manzala, Temay El Amdeed, El Gammalia, Sherbin, El Matareya, Belqas, Mit Salsil, Gamasa, Mahallat Damana, Nabaruh |
Kafr El Sheikh Governorate | |
Gharbia Governorate | |
Monufia Governorate | Shibin El Kom, Sadat (city), Menouf, Sirs Al-Layyan, Ashmoun, El Bagour, Quesna, Birket El Sab, Tala, Shuhada |
Sharqia Governorate | Zagazig, 10th of Ramadan (city), Minya El Qamh, Bilbeis, Mashtool El Souk, Al-Qinayat, Abu Hammad, El Qurein, Hihya, Abu Kebir, Faqous, El Salheya El Gedida, El Ibrahimiya, Diyarb Negm, Kafr Saqr, Awlad Saqr, El Husseiniya, Tanis, Minshat Abu Omar |
Port Said Governorate | Port Said, Port Fuad |
Ismailia Governorate | |
Suez Governorate | Suez |
North Sinai Governorate | |
South Sinai Governorate | |
Beni Suef Governorate | |
Faiyum Governorate | |
Minya Governorate | |
Asyut Governorate | |
New Valley Governorate | |
Red Sea Governorate | |
Sohag Governorate | Sohag, New Sohag, Akhmim, New Akhmim, El Balyana, El Maragha, Ptolemais Hermiou, Dar El Salam, Girga, West Juhayna, Saqultah, Tima, Tahta |
Qena Governorate | |
Luxor Governorate | |
Aswan Governorate | |
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