Aswan High Dam

The Aswan High Dam, often called simply Aswan Dam, was built between 1960 and 1970 across the Nile in , Egypt. One of the world's largest embankment dams, it was developed by the Egyptian government with the help of the Soviet Union to control flooding, increase water storage for irrigation, and generate hydroelectricity.
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  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 171 metres (561 feet)
  • …is 200 metres (656 feet) wide
  • Description: dam in Aswan, Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Al Sadd al Aali”
    “As Sadd al ‘Ālī”
    “Aswan Dam”
    “Aswan elu Dam”
    “El Saad-el Aali”
    “High Aswan Dam”
    “High Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Kalabsha and New Kalabsha.
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The or Mandulis is an ancient… is situated 1½ km southwest of Aswan High Dam.
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is a promontory located near in .
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The is a rock-cut ancient… is situated 1½ km southwest of Aswan High Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nile 1st. Cataract and Shellal.
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the…
is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of in . is situated 9 km north of Aswan High Dam.

Aswan High Dam

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Latitude
23.97041° or 23° 58′ 14″ north
Longitude
32.87675° or 32° 52′ 36″ east
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 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”
  • Cebuano: “Aswan High Dam”
  • 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 Asŭano”
  • 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: “Aswāni pais”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Aswan Dam”
  • Finnish: “Assuanin padon vesivoimalaitos”
  • Finnish: “Assuanin pato”
  • French: “Haut barrage d’Assouan”
  • French: “Haut barrage de Assouan”
  • Fulah: “Baraas Aswan toowɗo”
  • Galician: “Encoro de Asuán”
  • Georgian: “ასუანის კაშხალი”
  • Georgian: “ასუანის კაშხლები”
  • German: “Assuan-Hochdamm”
  • German: “Assuan-Staudamm”
  • German: “Assuandamm”
  • German: “Aswan-Damm”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Aswan Dam”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Aswan High Dam”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα του Ασουάν”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα του Ασσουάν”
  • Hausa: “Babban madatsar ruwa ta Aswan”
  • Hebrew: “סכר אסואן”
  • Hebrew: “סכר אסוואן”
  • Hindi: “अस्वान बाँध”
  • Hindi: “आस्वान उच्च बांध”
  • Hungarian: “Asszuáni gát”
  • Icelandic: “Asvan-stíflan”
  • Icelandic: “Asvanstífla”
  • Icelandic: “Aswan-stífla”
  • Ido: “Aswan-barilo”
  • Igbo: “Aswan Dam”
  • Igbo: “Aswan elu Dam”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Aswan”
  • Irish: “Damba Aswan”
  • Italian: “diga del mepe”
  • Italian: “Diga di Assuan”
  • Japanese: “アスワン・ハイ・ダム”
  • Japanese: “アスワンダム”
  • Javanese: “Bendungan Aswan”
  • Kabiyè: “Azwanɩ Tɔʋʋ”
  • Kannada: “ಆಸ್ವಾನ್ ಕಟ್ಟೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Асуан бөгеті”
  • 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·”
  • Mingrelian: “ასუანიშ კაშხალი”
  • Mongolian: “Асуаны далан”
  • Newari: “अस्वन ड्याम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aswan-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aswandammen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assouandammen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assouandemningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assuandammen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assuandemningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aswan-dammen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aswandemningane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aswandemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Aswandammen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Restanca d’Assoan”
  • Ossetian: “Асуаны донмарæн”
  • Persian: “سد آسوان”
  • 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 Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Pantano de Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Presa y embalse de Asuán”
  • Spanish: “Presa y pantano de Asuán”
  • Swahili: “Bwawa la Aswan”
  • Swahili: “Lambo la Aswan”
  • Swedish: “Assuan-dammen”
  • 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”
  • Tswana: “Letamo la Aswan High”
  • Turkish: “Assuan Barajı”
  • Turkish: “Asuan Barajı”
  • Turkish: “Asvan Barajı”
  • Turkish: “Aswan Barajı”
  • Twi: “Aswan High Dam”
  • Twi: “Aswan Nsuo Kɛse”
  • 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 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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