Faqous

• Name — Faqous • Other Name — Fāqūs • Native Name — فاقوس • Settlement Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Egypt • Subdivision Type1 — Governorate • Subdivision Name1 — Ash Sharqiyah Governorate • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 10.78 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Total — 116,945 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Density Sq Mi — auto • Population Density Metro Km2 — auto • Population Density Metro Sq Mi — auto • Population Blank1 Title — Ethnicities • Population Density Blank1 Km2 — auto • Population Density Blank1 Sq Mi — auto • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3 • Elevation M — 13 • Area Codes — 2055397, 2055398, 2055394

Faqus is identical with the ancient city of Phacusa (Phákousa), which was the capital of the nome of Arabia. It was subsequently mentioned by the medieval geographers Qudama ibn Ja'far, Ibn Khordadbeh, Maqrizi, Istakhri, Ibn Hawqal, and al-Muqaddasi. The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Faqus as a nahiyah under the district of Sawaleh in Gharbia Governorate; at that time, the population of the town was 1,610 (836 men and 774 women).

• Abdullah al-Sharqawi • Yusuf Idris