Aswan Dam

The Aswan Low Dam or Old Aswan Dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in , . The dam was built by the British at the former of the Nile, and is located about 1000 km up-river and 690 km south-southeast of .
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Assouan Dam”, “Assuan Dam”, “Aswân Dam”, “Aswan Low Dam”, “Aswān Low Dam”, “Aswan Low Dam (Khazzan Aswan)”, “Khazzân Aswân”, and “Khazzān Aswān”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philae and Philae Temple.

Islet
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Island was an island near the expansive of the Nile in . Due to the building of the Aswan Low Dam, the island is today submerged.

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The complex is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, in Africa. is situated 1½ km southeast of Aswan Dam.

Island
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is located in the Nile, about 2 miles southwest of in southern . It is a large island, and is roughly halfway between the city and the upstream Aswan Low Dam. is situated 3 km north of Aswan Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shellal and Nile 1st. Cataract.

Village
is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of in . It was the traditional northern frontier of the region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire.

Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between and , where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. is situated 7 km south of Aswan Dam.

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is the southernmost city of , some 870 km south of , just below the Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. is far more relaxed and smaller than and .

Aswan Dam

Latitude
24.03248° or 24° 1′ 57″ north
Longitude
32.872° or 32° 52′ 19″ east
Elevation
116 metres (381 feet)
Open location code
7GPJ2VJC+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 275797974
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
359789
Wiki­data ID
Q921582
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Aswan Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خزان أسوان (السد السفلى)”
  • Arabic: “خزان أسوان”
  • Arabic: “خزان اسوان”
  • Arabic: “سد أسوان”
  • Cebuano: “Aswan Dam”
  • Chinese: “阿斯旺低坝”
  • Chinese: “阿斯旺低壩”
  • Chinese: “阿斯旺大壩”
  • Cornish: “Arge Aswan”
  • Czech: “Nízká Asuánská přehrada”
  • Czech: “Stará Asuánská přehrada”
  • Dutch: “Aswan Low Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خزان اسوان”
  • Esperanto: “Asuana Malalta Baraĵo”
  • French: “ancien barrage d’Assouan”
  • French: “Ancien barrage d’Assouan”
  • Fulah: “Baraas Aswan les”
  • German: “Assuan-Staumauer”
  • Hausa: “Aswan Low Dam”
  • Hebrew: “סכר אסואן הנמוך”
  • Italian: “vecchia diga di Assuan”
  • Italian: “Vecchia diga di Assuan”
  • Japanese: “アスワン・ロウ・ダム”
  • Korean: “아스완 로우 댐”
  • Persian: “سد اسوان لو”
  • Polish: “Tama Asuańska”
  • Russian: “Асуанская плотина (1902)”
  • Russian: “Асуанская плотина”
  • Slovak: “Chazzán Aswán”
  • Spanish: “presa baja de Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Presa baja de Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Asuán”
  • Swedish: “Aswan Dam”
  • Ukrainian: “Нижня Асуанська ГЕС”

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