Aswan Train Station
Aswan Train Station is a railway station in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Aswan Train Station is situated nearby to the hill Qubbet el-Hawa, as well as near the island Elephantine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Egypt
- Also known as: “Aswân”, “Aswān”, “Aswan railway station”, and “Aswān, Aswan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elephantine and El Nabatat Island.
Elephantine
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".
El Nabatat Island
Islet
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Nabatat Island or Kitchener's Island is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. It is less than a kilometer long and its width is less than ½ a kilometer. The Aswan Botanical Garden is located on the island.
Qubbet el-Hawa
Hill
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qubbet el-Hawa or "Dome of the Wind" is a site on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan, that serves as the resting place of ancient nobles and priests from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of ancient Egypt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.
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.
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. Shellal is situated 6 km south of Aswan Train Station.
Aswan Train Station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.0998° or 24° 5′ 59″ northLongitude
32.90253° or 32° 54′ 9″ eastElevation
96 metres (315 feet)Operator
سكك حديد مصرOpen location code
7GPJ3WX3+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 321239620OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Aswan Train Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أسوان”
- Arabic: “محطة أسوان”
- Arabic: “محطة سكة حديد أسوان”
- Catalan: “Assuan”
- Dutch: “Station Aswan”
- French: “Assouan”
- French: “Aswan”
- French: “gare d’Assouan”
- French: “Gare d’Assouan”
- German: “Assuan”
- German: “Bahnhof Assuan”
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