Ash Shallāl

Ash Shallāl is a locality in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Ash Shallāl is situated nearby to the locality Naj‘ al Maḩaţţah, as well as near Aswân Reservoir Colony.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Philae and Philae Temple.

Philae

Islet

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Philae Island was an island near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. Due to the building of the Aswan Low Dam, the island is today submerged. Philae is situated 3 km southwest of Ash Shallāl.

Philae Temple

Photo: Moh hakem, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Philae temple complex is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt in Africa. Philae Temple is situated 3 km southwest of Ash Shallāl.

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 4 km west of Ash Shallāl.

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. Shellal is situated 3 km northwest of Ash Shallāl.

Aswan

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Nile 1st. Cataract

Locality

The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between Khartoum and Aswan, 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. Nile 1st. Cataract is situated 8 km southwest of Ash Shallāl.

Ash Shallāl

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Ash Shallal”, “El-Shallâl”, “Esh Shallāl”, and “Shellal”
Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

24.03685° or 24° 2′ 13″ north

Longitude

32.91078° or 32° 54′ 39″ east

Elevation

125 metres (410 feet)

Open location code

7GPJ2WP6+P8

GeoNames ID

360033

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