Egypt
Western Desert
Matruh Governorate

Siwa

Siwa is an oasis and town in the of Egypt. It is the most remote of Egypt's five western oases. The oasis is 80 km long by 20 km wide, with a population in 2016 of some 33,000.
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  • Type: City with 35,000 residents
  • Description: depression in the Western Desert of Egypt
  • Also known as: “Ammonion”, “Ammonium”, “Siuah”, “Siwa Oasis”, “Siwah”, “Sīwah”, “Siwah Oasis”, “Siwe”, and “Wāḥat Sīwah”
  • Historically known as: “Sekhetam”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Mosque of Shali.

Mosque
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aghurmi.

Village
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is a village.

Siwa

Latitude
29.2035° or 29° 12′ 13″ north
Longitude
25.5192° or 25° 31′ 9″ east
Population
35,000
Elevation
-15 metres (-49 feet)
IATA airport code
SEW
United Nations Location Code
EG SEW
Open location code
7GX76G39+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 324629407
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
347863
Wiki­data ID
Q2008735
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Zulu—“Siwa” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Αμμονιαχη χωρα”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀμμώνιον”
  • Arabic: “سيوة”
  • Arabic: “سيوه”
  • Arabic: “واحة سيوة”
  • Arabic: “واحه سيوه”
  • Armenian: “Սիվա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Siva”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sivə”
  • Basque: “Siwa”
  • Bengali: “সিওয়া ওয়েসিস”
  • Bulgarian: “Сива (оазис)”
  • Bulgarian: “Сиуа”
  • Burmese: “စိဝအိုအေစစ်”
  • Catalan: “Oasi de Siwa”
  • Catalan: “Oasis de Siwa”
  • Cebuano: “Siwa Oasis”
  • Chinese: “施華綠洲”
  • Chinese: “西瓦綠洲”
  • Chinese: “錫瓦綠洲”
  • Chinese: “锡瓦”
  • Chinese: “锡瓦绿洲”
  • Croatian: “Oaza Siwa”
  • Croatian: “Siwa (oaza)”
  • Croatian: “Siwa”
  • Czech: “Síwa”
  • Danish: “Siwa Oasis”
  • Dutch: “Siwa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيوة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيوه”
  • Esperanto: “Oazo Siva”
  • Finnish: “Siwa (keidas)”
  • Finnish: “Siwa”
  • French: “Siouah”
  • French: “Siwa”
  • French: “Siwah”
  • French: “Syouah”
  • Georgian: “სივა (ოაზისი)”
  • Georgian: “სივა”
  • German: “Oase Siwa”
  • German: “Siwa Oasis”
  • German: “Siwa”
  • Greek: “Όαση Σίβα”
  • Gujarati: “સિવા ઓઅસિસ”
  • Hebrew: “נווה המדבר סיווה”
  • Hebrew: “סיווה”
  • Hindi: “सीवा नख़लिस्तान”
  • Hindi: “सीवा मरूद्यान”
  • Hungarian: “Szíva-oázis”
  • Igbo: “Siwa Oasis”
  • Igbo: “Siwa”
  • Indonesian: “Siwa Oasis”
  • Indonesian: “Wahat Siwah”
  • Italian: “Siwa”
  • Japanese: “シーワ・オアシス”
  • Japanese: “シワ・オアシス”
  • Japanese: “シワオアシス”
  • Kabyle: “Isiwan”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿವಾ ಓಯಸಿಸ್”
  • Korean: “시와 오아시스”
  • Korean: “시와오아시스”
  • Latin: “Ammonium”
  • Latvian: “Siva”
  • Lithuanian: “Siva”
  • Lithuanian: “Sivos oazė”
  • Malay: “Oasis Siwa”
  • Malay: “Wahah Siwa”
  • Malayalam: “സിവ ഓയസിസ്”
  • Marathi: “सिवा ओएसिस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Siwa”
  • Norwegian: “Siwa”
  • Persian: “سیوه”
  • Persian: “واحه سیوا”
  • Persian: “واحهٔ سیوا”
  • Polish: “Oaza Siwa”
  • Polish: “Siwa (oaza)”
  • Polish: “Siwa”
  • Portuguese: “Oásis de siuá”
  • Portuguese: “Oásis de Siuá”
  • Portuguese: “Oásis de Siwa”
  • Portuguese: “Siuá”
  • Portuguese: “Siwa”
  • Romanian: “Siwa”
  • Russian: “Аммониум”
  • Russian: “Сива”
  • Scots: “Siwa Oasis”
  • Serbian: “Сива”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Siwa (oaza)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Siwa”
  • Sinhala: “සිවා ඔඑසිස්”
  • Siwi: “Isiwan”
  • Slovak: “Oáza Síva”
  • Slovak: “Oáza Siwa”
  • Slovak: “Oáza Síwa”
  • Slovak: “Oázy Síva”
  • Slovak: “Oázy Siwa”
  • Slovak: “Oázy Síwa”
  • Slovak: “Siva”
  • Slovak: “Síva”
  • Slovak: “Sivská oáza”
  • Slovak: “Sívska oáza”
  • Slovak: “Sívske oázy”
  • Slovak: “Siwská oáza”
  • Slovak: “Síwska oáza”
  • Slovak: “Síwske oázy”
  • Slovenian: “Oaza Siva”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واحه سیوا”
  • Spanish: “Siwa”
  • Spanish: “Siwah”
  • Swedish: “Siwa”
  • Swedish: “Siwaoasen”
  • Tachelhit: “Siwa”
  • Tajik: “Сива”
  • Tamil: “சிவா ஓசிஸ்”
  • Telugu: “శివ ఒయాసిస్”
  • Thai: “สิวา โอเอซิส”
  • Turkish: “Siva Vahası”
  • Turkish: “Siwa Oasis”
  • Ukrainian: “Оаза Сива”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіва”
  • Urdu: “سوا اوسس”
  • Urdu: “نخلستان سیوہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Siwa Oasis”
  • Vietnamese: “Siwa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Siwa (oasis)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Siwa”
  • Welsh: “Siwa”
  • Yue Chinese: “施華綠洲”
  • Zulu: “Siwa Oasis”

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