Aswan Governorate

Aswan Governorate is one of the 27 governorates of . It is the southernmost governorate in , covering most of the area of Lake Nasser. Its capital is .
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 1,690,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: Aswan”, “Mohafazat Aswan”, “Mudīrīyat Aswān”, and “Muhafazat Aswan

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of Gerf Hussein.

Monument
The was dedicated to pharaoh Ramesses II and built by the Setau, Viceroy of . Situated on a bank of the Nile some 90 km south of , it was partly free-standing and partly cut from the rock.

Aswan Governorate

Latitude
23.3° or 23° 18′ north
Longitude
32.9° or 32° 54′ east
Population
1,690,000
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
Open location code
7GMJ7WX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
359787
Wiki­data ID
Q29937
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Aswan Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أسوان (محافظة)
  • Arabic: أسوان (محافظه)
  • Arabic: أسوان
  • Arabic: لمحافظة أسوان
  • Arabic: محافظة أسوان
  • Arabic: محافظة اسوان
  • Armenian: Ասուան
  • Asturian: Asuán
  • Asturian: Aswan
  • Asturian: gobernación d’Aswan
  • Azerbaijani: Əsvan mühafəzəsi
  • Belarusian: Асуан
  • Belarusian: Мухафаза Асуан
  • Bosnian: Asuan
  • Bulgarian: Асуан
  • Catalan: governació d’Assuan
  • Catalan: Governació d’Assuan
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at Aswān
  • Chinese: Aswan Séng
  • Chinese: 阿斯旺省
  • Czech: Asuán
  • Danish: Aswan
  • Dutch: Aswan
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة اسوان
  • Esperanto: Provinco Asuano
  • Estonian: Assuani kubernerkond
  • Estonian: Aswāni kubernerkond
  • Finnish: Assuanin kuvernementti
  • Finnish: Assuanin kuvernoraatti
  • French: Assouan
  • French: Gouvernorat d’Assouan
  • Galician: Asuán
  • Georgian: ასუანის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: Assuan
  • German: Aswan
  • German: EG-ASN
  • German: Gouvernement Aswan
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Ασουάν
  • Hebrew: אסואן (מחוז)
  • Hebrew: אסואן
  • Hindi: असवान मुहाफ़ज़ाह
  • Hungarian: Asszuán kormányzóság
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Aswan
  • Irish: Gobharnóireacht Aswan
  • Italian: Governatorato di Assuan
  • Japanese: アスワン県
  • Korean: 아스완주
  • Latin: Aswān
  • Latvian: Asuānas muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Asuano muchafaza
  • Macedonian: Асуан (област)
  • Macedonian: Асуан
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Aswan
  • Min Nan Chinese: Aswan Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Aswan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Aswan guvernement
  • Norwegian: Guvernementet Aswan
  • Persian: استان اسوان
  • Polish: Asuan
  • Portuguese: Assuão
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Aswan
  • Russian: Асуан
  • Scots: Aswan Govrenorate
  • Serbian: Асуан
  • Serbo-Croatian: Asuan (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Asuan
  • Somali: Aswan Governorate
  • South Azerbaijani: اسوان اوستانی
  • Spanish: Asuan
  • Spanish: Asuán
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Asuán
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Aswan
  • Swedish: Assuan
  • Tajik: Вилояти Асвон
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอัสวาน
  • Turkish: Asvan
  • Ukrainian: Асуан
  • Urdu: محافظہ اسوان
  • Vietnamese: Aswan
  • Waray (Philippines): Aswan
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ اسوان
  • Wu Chinese: 阿斯旺省
  • Yue Chinese: 阿斯旺省
  • Zulu: Aswan Governorate

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