Siwa
Siwa is an oasis and town in the Western Desert 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.
- Type: City with 35,000 residents
- Description: depression in the Western Desert of Egypt
- Also known as: “Ammonion”, “Oásis de siuá”, “Oásis de Siwa”, “Oáza Síva”, “Oaza Siwa”, “Oáza Siwa”, “Oáza Síwa”, “Oázy Síva”, “Oázy Siwa”, “Oázy Síwa”, “Siouah”, “Siuá”, “Siuah”, “Síva”, “Sivos oazė”, “Sivská oáza”, “Sívska oáza”, “Siwa Oasis”, “Sīwah”, “Siwah Oasis”, “Siwaoasen”, “Siwe”, “Siwská oáza”, “Síwska oáza”, “Síwske oázy”, “Syouah”, “Wāḥat Sīwah”, “Αμμονιαχη χωρα”, “Аммониум”, “Сива (оазис)”, “واحه سيوه”, “واحهٔ سیوا”, “सीवा नख़लिस्तान”, “シーワ・オアシス”, “シワオアシス”, “西瓦綠洲”, and “锡瓦”
- Historically known as: “Sekhetam”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Atiq Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aghurmi.
Siwa
- Categories: oasis, depression, and locality
- Location: Matruh Governorate, Western Desert, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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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
UN/LOCODE
EG SEW
Open location code
7GX76G39+9M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Zulu—“Siwa” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀμμώνιον”
- Arabic: “سيوة”
- Arabic: “واحة سيوة”
- Armenian: “Սիվա”
- Azerbaijani: “Siva”
- Azerbaijani: “Sivə”
- Basque: “Siwa”
- Bengali: “সিওয়া ওয়েসিস”
- Bulgarian: “Сиуа”
- Burmese: “စိဝအိုအေစစ်”
- Catalan: “Oasi de Siwa”
- Catalan: “Oasis de Siwa”
- Cebuano: “Siwa Oasis”
- Chinese: “錫瓦綠洲”
- Chinese: “锡瓦绿洲”
- Croatian: “Siwa (oaza)”
- Croatian: “Siwa”
- Czech: “Síwa”
- Danish: “Siwa Oasis”
- Dutch: “Siwa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيوه”
- Esperanto: “Oazo Siva”
- Finnish: “Siwa (keidas)”
- Finnish: “Siwa”
- French: “Siwa”
- French: “Siwah”
- Georgian: “სივა (ოაზისი)”
- Georgian: “სივა”
- German: “Oase Siwa”
- German: “Siwa Oasis”
- German: “Siwa”
- Greek: “Όαση Σίβα”
- Gujarati: “સિવા ઓઅસિસ”
- Hausa: “Siwa Oasis”
- Hebrew: “נווה המדבר סיווה”
- Hebrew: “סיווה”
- Hindi: “सीवा मरूद्यान”
- Hungarian: “Szíva-oázis”
- Igbo: “Siwa Oasis”
- Indonesian: “Siwa Oasis”
- Indonesian: “Wahat Siwah”
- Italian: “Oasi di Siwa”
- Italian: “Siwa”
- Japanese: “シワ・オアシス”
- Kabyle: “Isiwan”
- Kannada: “ಸಿವಾ ಓಯಸಿಸ್”
- Korean: “시와 오아시스”
- Korean: “시와오아시스”
- Latin: “Ammonium”
- Latvian: “Siva”
- Lithuanian: “Siva”
- Malay: “Oasis Siwa”
- Malay: “Wahah Siwa”
- Malayalam: “സിവ ഓയസിസ്”
- Marathi: “सिवा ओएसिस”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Siwa”
- Norwegian: “Siwa”
- Persian: “سیوه”
- Persian: “واحه سیوا”
- Polish: “Siwa”
- Portuguese: “Oásis de Siuá”
- Portuguese: “Siwa”
- Romanian: “Siwa”
- Russian: “Сива”
- Scots: “Siwa Oasis”
- Serbian: “Сива”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Siwa (oaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Siwa”
- Sinhala: “සිවා ඔඑසිස්”
- Siwi: “Isiwan”
- Slovak: “Sívske oázy”
- Slovenian: “Oaza Siva”
- South Azerbaijani: “واحه سیوا”
- Spanish: “Siwa”
- Swedish: “Siwa”
- 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”
- Waray (Philippines): “Siwa (oasis)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Siwa”
- Welsh: “Siwa”
- Yue Chinese: “施華綠洲”
- Zulu: “Siwa Oasis”
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