Aswan Dam
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.
- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of 116 metres (381 feet)
- Description: dam in Egypt
- Also known as“Assouan Dam”“Assuan Dam”“Aswān Low Dam”“Aswan Low Dam (Khazzan Aswan)”“Khazzān Aswān”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Philae and Philae Temple.
Philae
Philae Island was an island near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt.
Philae Temple
The Philae temple complex is an island-based temple…
1½ km southeast of Aswan Dam
Sehel Island
Sehel Island is located in the Nile, about 2 miles southwest of Aswan in southern Egypt.
3 km north of Aswan Dam
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shellal and Nile 1st. Cataract.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt.
Nile 1st. Cataract
Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the…
7 km south of Aswan Dam
Aswan Dam
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Latitude
24.03248° or 24° 1′ 57″ north
Longitude
32.872° or 32° 52′ 19″ east
Open location code
7GPJ2VJC+XR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = dam
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Aswan Dam” goes by many names.
خزان أسوان (السد السفلى)Arabic
خزان اسوانArabic
سد أسوانArabic
Aswan DamCebuano
阿斯旺低坝Chinese
阿斯旺低壩Chinese
阿斯旺大壩Chinese
Arge AswanCornish
Nízká Asuánská přehradaCzech
Stará Asuánská přehradaCzech
Aswan Low DamDutch
خزان اسوانEgyptian Arabic
Asuana Malalta BaraĵoEsperanto
Baraas Aswan lesFulah
Aswan Low DamHausa
סכר אסואן הנמוךHebrew
Vecchia diga di AssuanItalian
アスワン・ロウ・ダムJapanese
아스완 로우 댐Korean
سد اسوان لوPersian
Tama AsuańskaPolish
Асуанская плотинаRussian
Асуанская плотина (1902)Russian
Chazzán AswánSlovak
Aswan DamSwedish
Нижня Асуанська ГЕСUkrainian
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