Naj‘ Suhayl Gharb
Naj‘ Suhayl Gharb is a locality in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Naj‘ Suhayl Gharb is situated nearby to the village Shellal, as well as near the locality Naj‘ al Maḩaţţah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sehel Island and Aswan Stadium.
Sehel Island
Island
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Sehel Island is located in the Nile, about 2 miles southwest of Aswan in southern Egypt. It is a large island, and is roughly halfway between the city and the upstream Aswan Low Dam.
Aswan Stadium
Stadium
Aswan Stadium is a stadium in Aswan, Egypt. It has a capacity of 11,000 spectators. It is the home of Aswan SC. Aswan Stadium is situated 3 km northeast of Naj‘ Suhayl Gharb.
Aswan Dam
Dam
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Aswan Low Dam or Old Aswan Dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. The dam was built by the British at the former first cataract of the Nile, and is located about 1000 km up-river and 690 km south-southeast of Cairo. Aswan Dam is situated 3 km southeast of Naj‘ Suhayl Gharb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shellal and Aswan.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire.
Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.
Wadi Kubbaniya
Locality
Wadi Kubbaniya is a Late Paleolithic site in Upper Egypt. Archaeologists initially believed that the site held evidence for some of the earliest examples of agriculture. Wadi Kubbaniya is situated 9 km northwest of Naj‘ Suhayl Gharb.
Naj‘ Suhayl Gharb
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Nag‘ Gharb Siheil”, “Nag‘ Siheil Gharb”, “Naj Suhayl Ghaib”, “Naj` Suhayl Gharb”, “Nugû‘ Gharb Siheil”, and “Wâdi Kûki”
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.0548° or 24° 3′ 17″ northLongitude
32.86004° or 32° 51′ 36″ eastElevation
111 metres (364 feet)Open location code
7GPJ3V36+W2GeoNames ID
351390
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