North Africa
Egypt
Aswan Governorate

Aswan High Dam

The Aswan Dam, or Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built between 1960 and 1970 across the Nile in , Egypt.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Aswan, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Sadd al Aali”, “As Sadd al ‘Ālī”, “Aswan Dam”, “Aswan elu Dam”, “Aswān High Dam”, “El Saad-el Aali”, “High Aswan Dam”, and “High Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Kalabsha and Temple of Kalabsha.

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a promontory located near in . Created during the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, it houses several important temples, structures, and other remains that have been relocated here from the site of Old Kalabsha and other sites in Lower Nubia, to avoid the rising waters of Lake Nasser caused by the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY 2.0.
The is an ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha, approximately 50 km south of . In the 1960s the temple was relocated under the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979, along with other outstanding examples of Nubian architecture including and Amada. is situated 1½ km southwest of Aswan High Dam.

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
The is a rock-cut ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia which was built by Pharaoh Ramesses II and dedicated to the deities of Amun-Re, Re-Horakhti, Khnum and Anuket. is situated 1½ km southwest of Aswan High Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nile 1st. Cataract and Shellal.

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.

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. is situated 9 km north of Aswan High Dam.

Aswan High Dam

Latitude
23.97041° or 23° 58′ 14″ north
Longitude
32.87675° or 32° 52′ 36″ east
Elevation
162 metres (531 feet)
Width
200 metres (656 feet)
Open location code
7GMJXVCG+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 5047035
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
361121
Wiki­data ID
Q38891
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Aswan High Dam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Aswandam”
  • Amharic: “አስዋን ግድብ”
  • Amharic: “ዓስዋን ግድብ”
  • Amharic: “የአስዋን ግድብ”
  • Amharic: “የዓስዋን ግድብ”
  • Arabic: “السد العالى”
  • Arabic: “السد العالي في أسوان”
  • Arabic: “السد العالي”
  • Arabic: “سد أسوان العالي”
  • Arabic: “سد عالي”
  • Aragonese: “Entibo d’Asuán”
  • Armenian: “Ասուանի ջրամբար”
  • Arpitan: “Grant barrâjo d’Assouan”
  • Asturian: “Presa d’Asuán”
  • Asturian: “Presa de Asuán”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əsvan bəndi”
  • Bashkir: “Асуан гидроузелы”
  • Basque: “Asuaneko Presa”
  • Basque: “Asuango presa”
  • Basque: “Asuango Presa”
  • Basque: “Asuango urtegia”
  • Basque: “Aswango presa”
  • Belarusian: “Асуанская дамба”
  • Belarusian: “Асуанская плаціна”
  • Belarusian: “Асуанскія дамбы”
  • Belarusian: “Асуанскія плаціны”
  • Bosnian: “Asuanska brana”
  • Breton: “Stankell uhel Asouan”
  • Bulgarian: “Асуанска язовирна стена”
  • Bulgarian: “Асуанската язовирна стена”
  • Burmese: “အက်စ်ဝမ်ဆည်”
  • Catalan: “Presa d’Assuan”
  • Catalan: “Presa d’Asuan”
  • Catalan: “resclosa d’Assuan”
  • Catalan: “Resclosa d’Assuan”
  • Cebuano: “Aswan High Dam”
  • Chinese: “Aswan Chúi-khò͘”
  • Chinese: “亞斯文高壩”
  • Chinese: “阿斯旺大坝”
  • Chinese: “阿斯旺水坝”
  • Chinese: “阿斯旺水壩”
  • Cornish: “Arge Ughel Aswan”
  • Croatian: “Asuanska brana”
  • Czech: “Asuánská přehrada”
  • Czech: “Násirovo jezero”
  • Czech: “Nová Asuánská přehrada”
  • Czech: “Vysoká Asuánská přehrada”
  • Danish: “Aswan High Dam”
  • Danish: “Aswandæmningen”
  • Dutch: “Assuan Dam”
  • Dutch: “Aswan-stuwdam”
  • Dutch: “Aswandam”
  • Dutch: “Hoge Aswandam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “السد العالى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “السد العالي”
  • Esperanto: “Alta Baraĵo de Asuano”
  • Esperanto: “Alta Baraĵo de Asŭano”
  • Esperanto: “Asuana Baraĵo”
  • Esperanto: “Asŭana Baraĵo”
  • Esperanto: “Aswan Digo”
  • Esperanto: “Digo Aswan”
  • Estonian: “Assuani HEJ”
  • Estonian: “Assuani hüdroelektijaam”
  • Estonian: “Assuani pais”
  • Estonian: “Aswāni HEJ”
  • Estonian: “Aswāni hüdroelektrijaam”
  • Estonian: “Aswani pais”
  • Estonian: “Aswāni pais”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Aswan Dam”
  • Finnish: “Assuanin padon vesivoimalaitos”
  • Finnish: “Assuanin pato”
  • French: “haut barrage d’Assouan”
  • French: “Haut barrage d’Assouan”
  • French: “Haut barrage de Assouan”
  • Galician: “Encoro de Asuán”
  • Georgian: “ასუანის კაშხალი”
  • Georgian: “ასუანის კაშხლები”
  • German: “Assuan-Hochdamm”
  • German: “Assuan-Staudamm”
  • German: “Assuandamm”
  • German: “Assuanstaudamm”
  • German: “Aswan-Damm”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα του Ασουάν”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα του Ασσουάν”
  • Hebrew: “סכר אסואן”
  • Hebrew: “סכר אסוואן”
  • Hindi: “अस्वान बाँध”
  • Hindi: “अस्वान बांध”
  • Hindi: “अस्वान लो डैम”
  • Hindi: “अस्वान हाई डैम”
  • Hindi: “आस्वान बांध”
  • Hungarian: “Asszuáni gát”
  • Hungarian: “Asszuáni-gát”
  • Icelandic: “Asvan-stíflan”
  • Icelandic: “Asvanstífla”
  • Icelandic: “Asvanstíflan”
  • Icelandic: “Aswan-stífla”
  • Icelandic: “Aswanstífla”
  • Ido: “Aswan-barilo”
  • Igbo: “Aswan Dam”
  • Igbo: “Aswan elu Dam”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Aswan”
  • Irish: “Damba Aswan”
  • Italian: “diga del mepe”
  • Italian: “diga di Assuan”
  • Italian: “Diga di Assuan”
  • Japanese: “アスワン・ハイ・ダム”
  • Japanese: “アスワン・ハイダム”
  • Japanese: “アスワンダム”
  • Japanese: “アスワンハイダム”
  • Javanese: “Bendungan Aswan”
  • Kabiyè: “Azwanɩ Tɔʋʋ”
  • Kannada: “ಆಸ್ವಾನ್ ಕಟ್ಟೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Асуан бөгеті”
  • Korean: “아스완 댐”
  • Korean: “아스완댐”
  • Latin: “Agger Syeniticus”
  • Latin: “Moles Syenitica”
  • Latvian: “Asuānas aizsprosts”
  • Latvian: “Asuānas dambis”
  • Lithuanian: “Asuano užtvanka”
  • Macedonian: “Асуанска брана”
  • Maithili: “अस्वान बाँध”
  • Malay: “Empangan Aswan”
  • Malayalam: “Aswan Dam”
  • Malayalam: “അസ്വാൻ അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Marathi: “आस्वान धरण”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aswan Chúi-khò·”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aswan Chúi-khò͘”
  • Mingrelian: “ასუანიშ კაშხალი”
  • Mongolian: “Асуаны далан”
  • Newari: “अस्वन ड्याम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aswan-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aswandammen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aswandemningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assouandammen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assouandemningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assuandammen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assuandemningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aswan-dammen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aswandammen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aswandemningane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aswandemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Aswandammen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Restanca d’Assoan”
  • Ossetian: “Асуаны донмарæн”
  • Persian: “سد آسوان”
  • Persian: “سد اسوان”
  • Piemontese: “Diga ëd Aswan”
  • Polish: “Wielka Tama Asuańska”
  • Polish: “Wielka Tama”
  • Polish: “Wysoka Tama Asuańska”
  • Polish: “Wysoka Tama”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Assuã”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de assuão”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem do Assuão”
  • Portuguese: “Represa Alta de Assuão”
  • Portuguese: “Represa de Assuã”
  • Portuguese: “Represa de Assuan”
  • Portuguese: “Represa de assuão”
  • Romanian: “Barajul Aswan”
  • Russian: “Асуанская плотина”
  • Russian: “Асуанские плотины”
  • Russian: “Асуанский гидроузел”
  • Scots: “Aswan Dam”
  • Serbian: “Asuanska brana”
  • Serbian: “Асуанска Брана”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Asuanska brana”
  • Slovak: “As-Sadd al-Álí”
  • Slovak: “As-Saddu ‘l-’Álí”
  • Slovak: “Asuánska vysoká priehrada”
  • Slovak: “Aswánska vysoká priehrada”
  • Slovak: “Násirovo jazero”
  • Slovak: “Násirovo more”
  • Slovak: “Nová Asuánska priehrada”
  • Slovak: “Nová Asuánska priehradná nádrž”
  • Slovak: “Nová Aswánska priehrada”
  • Slovak: “Nová Aswánska priehradná nádrž”
  • Slovenian: “Asuanski jez”
  • Slovenian: “Asuanski nizki jez”
  • Slovenian: “Asuanski visoki jez”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آسوان سدی”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Asuan”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Pantano de Asuan”
  • Spanish: “Pantano de Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Asuan”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Presa y embalse de Asuan”
  • Spanish: “Presa y embalse de Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Presa y pantano de Asuan”
  • Spanish: “Presa y pantano de Asuán”
  • Swahili: “Bwawa la Aswan”
  • Swahili: “Lambo la Aswan”
  • Swedish: “Assuan-dammen”
  • Swedish: “Assuandammen”
  • Swedish: “Aswandammen”
  • Swedish: “Höga Dammen”
  • Tagalog: “Aswan Dam”
  • Tagalog: “Aswan High Dam”
  • Tagalog: “Dam ng Aswan”
  • Tagalog: “Kantarilya ng Aswan”
  • Tagalog: “Mataas na Prinsa ng Aswan”
  • Tagalog: “Mataas na Saplad ng Aswan”
  • Tagalog: “Prinsa ng Aswan”
  • Tagalog: “Saplad ng Aswan”
  • Tamil: “அஸ்வான் அணை”
  • Tatar: “Асван плотинасы”
  • Tatar: “Асуан буасы”
  • Tatar: “Асуан гидротөене”
  • Telugu: “అస్వాన్ డ్యాం”
  • Thai: “เขื่อนอัสวาน”
  • Turkish: “Assuan Barajı”
  • Turkish: “Asuan Barajı”
  • Turkish: “Asvan Barajı”
  • Turkish: “Aswan Barajı”
  • Ukrainian: “Асуанська гребля”
  • Ukrainian: “Асуанські греблі”
  • Urdu: “Aswan Dam”
  • Urdu: “اسوان بند”
  • Urdu: “اسوان ڈیم”
  • Uzbek: “Asvon to’g’oni”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập Aswan dưới”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập Aswan trên”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập Aswan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aswan Dam”
  • Welsh: “Argae Aswan”
  • Western Frisian: “Aswan Daam”
  • Western Frisian: “Aswandaam”
  • Western Panjabi: “اسوان ڈیم”
  • Wu Chinese: “Aswan High dam”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿斯旺水坝”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿斯旺低壩”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿斯旺水壩”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿斯旺高壩”

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