Aswan

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city human settlement

Aswan is a historic city in southern Egypt on the Nile River, known for its ancient temples, quarries, and the nearby Aswan High Dam.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Aswan canonical 80
Aswan city 3
Assuan 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
climateClassification BWh ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 190 metres ⓘ
formerName Swenett ⓘ
Syene ⓘ
hasClimate hot desert climate ⓘ
hasExtremeWeatherCharacteristic very high summer temperatures ⓘ
very low annual rainfall ⓘ
hasHeritageSiteNearby Aswan Botanical Garden ⓘ
Elephantine Island ⓘ
Nubian Museum ⓘ
Temple of Philae ⓘ
surface form: Philae Temple

Temple of Philae ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Isis at Philae

Tombs of the Nobles (Aswan) ⓘ
Unfinished Obelisk ⓘ
hasIndustry granite quarrying ⓘ
tourism industry ⓘ
hasNearbyWorldHeritageSite Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Cairo ⓘ
Luxor ⓘ
hasTransport Aswan International Airport ⓘ
hasUniversity Aswan University ⓘ
historicalFunction frontier town of Ancient Egypt ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
isCapitalOf Aswan Governorate ⓘ
knownFor Aswan High Dam ⓘ
Nubians ⓘ
surface form: Nubian culture

ancient quarries ⓘ
ancient temples ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Aswan Governorate ⓘ
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedInRegion Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Aswan High Dam ⓘ
First Cataract of the Nile ⓘ
Lake Nasser ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Sudan ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
locatedSouthOf Luxor ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage ar ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf Nile Valley ⓘ
population approximately 300000 ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egypt → hasFamousCity → Aswan ⓘ
Giza railway station → connectsTo → Aswan ⓘ
Egyptian National Railways network → connects → Aswan ⓘ
Nile → majorCityOnRiver → Aswan ⓘ
Nile → hasMajorDam → Aswan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aswan High Dam
Lower Nubia → hasMajorSite → Aswan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalabsha
Cairo–Aswan railway line → terminusB → Aswan ⓘ
Cairo–Aswan railway line → connects → Aswan ⓘ
Upper Egypt → extendsTo → Aswan ⓘ
Temple of Philae → nearCity → Aswan ⓘ
Temple of Kalabsha → locatedNear → Aswan ⓘ
Economy of Egypt → keyTourismDestination → Aswan ⓘ
Ramses Station, Cairo → connectsTo → Aswan ⓘ
Egyptian museums → typicalLocation → Aswan ⓘ
Nile Valley → hasMajorCity → Aswan ⓘ
Lake Nasser → near → Aswan ⓘ
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife → deathPlace → Aswan ⓘ
Wadi es-Sebua → locatedBetween → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan High Dam → locatedNearCity → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan High Dam → namedAfter → Aswan ⓘ
Philae → locatedNear → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan Governorate → capital → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan Governorate → containsCity → Aswan ⓘ
First Cataract of the Nile → near → Aswan ⓘ
Unfinished Obelisk → locatedIn → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan Botanical Garden → locatedIn → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan Botanical Garden → city → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan Botanical Garden → near → Aswan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aswan city center
New Amada site → nearbyCity → Aswan ⓘ
Syene → modernLocation → Aswan ⓘ
Syene → knownAs → Aswan ⓘ
Nubian Museum → city → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan International Airport → serves → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan International Airport → cityServed → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan University → city → Aswan ⓘ
Swenett → locatedInPresentDay → Aswan ⓘ
Swenett → hasModernName → Aswan ⓘ
Swenett → hasModernSuccessorCity → Aswan ⓘ
Tombs of the Nobles (Aswan) → locatedInOrNear → Aswan ⓘ
Tombs of the Nobles (Aswan) → accessibleFrom → Aswan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aswan city
Elephantine Island → locatedIn → Aswan ⓘ
Elephantine Island → nearby → Aswan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aswan city
Assiut railway station → connectsTo → Aswan ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments → locatedBetween → Aswan ⓘ
subject surface form: Nubian Monuments
Abu Simbel town → hasRoadConnectionTo → Aswan ⓘ
Agilkia Island → locatedNear → Aswan ⓘ
Agilkia Island → namedAfter → Aswan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agilkia
Agilkia Island → nearbyCity → Aswan ⓘ
Aswan granite → namedAfter → Aswan ⓘ
Anuket → worshipRegion → Aswan ⓘ