Merowe Airport

Merowe Airport is an airport serving the town of in . After critical facilities were completed in 2006, the current airport replaced the smaller Merowe Town airport 3 kilometres to the west.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Airport
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “HSMR” and “MWE”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merowe and El Kurru.

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is a town in Northern State, , near , about 330 kilometres north of . It borders the Nile and is the site of the project, the largest contemporary hydropower project in Africa.

Village
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was the first of the three royal cemeteries used by the Kushite royals of , also referred to as Egypt's 25th Dynasty, and is home to some of the royal Nubian Pyramids. is situated 8 km southwest of Merowe Airport.

Merowe Airport

Latitude
18.44265° or 18° 26′ 34″ north
Longitude
31.84078° or 31° 50′ 27″ east
Elevation
266 metres (873 feet)
IATA airport code
MWE
ICAO airport code
HSMN
Open location code
7GCHCRVR+38
Geo­Names ID
8224629
Wiki­data ID
Q652325
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Merowe Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار مروي”
  • Cebuano: “Merowe Airport”
  • Chinese: “麥洛維機場”
  • Chinese: “麦洛维国际机场”
  • Chinese: “麦罗维国际机场”
  • Chinese: “麦罗维机场”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Merowe”
  • Indonesian: “HSMR”
  • Indonesian: “MWE”
  • Japanese: “メロウェ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Merowe”
  • Persian: “HSMR”
  • Persian: “MWE”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه مروی”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Merowe”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Merowe”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Merowe”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи мруи”
  • Urdu: “مروی بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”

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