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.
- City with about 25,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around -20 metres (-60 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code SEW
- …was formerly known as “Sekhetam”
- Description: depression in the Western Desert of Egypt
- Also known as“Ammonion”“Ammonium”“Siuah”“Siwa Oasis”“Sīwah”“Siwah Oasis”“Siwe”“Wāḥat Sīwah”
Places of Interest
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aghurmi.
Siwa
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Latitude
29.2035° or 29° 12′ 13″ north
Longitude
25.5192° or 25° 31′ 9″ east
UN/LOCODE
EG SEW
Open location code
7GX76G39+9M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Zulu—“Siwa” goes by many names.
Αμμονιαχη χωραAncient Greek (to 1453)
ἈμμώνιονAncient Greek (to 1453)
سيوةArabic
سيوهArabic
واحة سيوةArabic
واحه سيوهArabic
ՍիվաArmenian
SivaAzerbaijani
SivəAzerbaijani
SiwaBasque
সিওয়া ওয়েসিসBengali
Сива (оазис)Bulgarian
СиуаBulgarian
စိဝအိုအေစစ်Burmese
Oasi de SiwaCatalan
Oasis de SiwaCatalan
Siwa OasisCebuano
西瓦綠洲Chinese
錫瓦綠洲Chinese
锡瓦Chinese
锡瓦绿洲Chinese
Oaza SiwaCroatian
SiwaCroatian
Siwa (oaza)Croatian
SíwaCzech
Siwa OasisDanish
SiwaDutch
سيوةEgyptian Arabic
سيوهEgyptian Arabic
Oazo SivaEsperanto
SiwaFinnish
Siwa (keidas)Finnish
სივაGeorgian
სივა (ოაზისი)Georgian
Όαση ΣίβαGreek
સિવા ઓઅસિસGujarati
Siwa OasisHausa
נווה המדבר סיווהHebrew
סיווהHebrew
सीवा नख़लिस्तानHindi
सीवा मरूद्यानHindi
Szíva-oázisHungarian
SiwaIgbo
Siwa OasisIgbo
Siwa OasisIndonesian
Wahat SiwahIndonesian
Oasi di SiwaItalian
SiwaItalian
シーワ・オアシスJapanese
シワ・オアシスJapanese
IsiwanKabyle
ಸಿವಾ ಓಯಸಿಸ್Kannada
시와 오아시스Korean
AmmoniumLatin
SivaLatvian
SivaLithuanian
Sivos oazėLithuanian
Oasis SiwaMalay
Wahah SiwaMalay
സിവ ഓയസിസ്Malayalam
सिवा ओएसिसMarathi
SiwaNorwegian
SiwaNorwegian Bokmål
سیوهPersian
واحهٔ سیواPersian
Oaza SiwaPolish
SiwaPolish
SiwaRomanian
АммониумRussian
СиваRussian
Siwa OasisScots
СиваSerbian
SiwaSerbo-Croatian
Siwa (oaza)Serbo-Croatian
සිවා ඔඑසිස්Sinhala
IsiwanSiwi
Oáza SívaSlovak
Oáza SíwaSlovak
Oázy SívaSlovak
Oázy SíwaSlovak
SívaSlovak
Sivská oázaSlovak
Sívske oázySlovak
Siwská oázaSlovak
Síwske oázySlovak
Oaza SivaSlovenian
واحه سیواSouth Azerbaijani
SiwaSwedish
SiwaoasenSwedish
SiwaTachelhit
СиваTajik
சிவா ஓசிஸ்Tamil
శివ ఒయాసిస్Telugu
สิวา โอเอซิสThai
Siva VahasıTurkish
Siwa OasisTurkish
Оаза СиваUkrainian
СіваUkrainian
سوا اوسسUrdu
نخلستان سیوہUrdu
SiwaVietnamese
Siwa OasisVietnamese
SiwaWaray (Philippines)
Siwa (oasis)Waray (Philippines)
SiwaWelsh
施華綠洲Yue Chinese
Siwa OasisZulu
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
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