North Africa
Egypt
Aswan Governorate

Aswan II Power Plant

The Aswan Low Dam or Old Aswan Dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in , . The dam was built by the British at the former of the Nile, and is located about 1000 km up-river and 690 km south-southeast of .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philae and Philae Temple.

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Island was an island near the expansive of the Nile in . Due to the building of the , the island is today submerged. is situated 3 km southeast of Aswan II Power Plant.

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
The complex is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the , downstream of the and Lake Nasser, in Africa. is situated 2 km southeast of Aswan II Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shellal and Nile 1st. Cataract.

Village
is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of in . It was the traditional northern frontier of the region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. is situated 2½ km northeast of Aswan II Power Plant.

Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between and , where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. is situated 7 km south of Aswan II Power Plant.

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
is the southernmost city of , some 870 km south of , just below the Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. is far more relaxed and smaller than and .

Aswan II Power Plant

Latitude
24.03401° or 24° 2′ 2″ north
Longitude
32.86575° or 32° 51′ 57″ east
Inception
1986
Open location code
7GPJ2VM8+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 421207803
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
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