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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Aswan High Dam	1
Aswan city	1
Aswan city center	1
Kalabsha	1

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 (40)

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

Tombs of the Nobles (Aswan) → accessibleFrom → Aswan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aswan city

Aswan Governorate → capital → Aswan ⓘ

Aswan Botanical Garden → city → Aswan ⓘ

Aswan University → city → Aswan ⓘ

Nubian Museum → city → Aswan ⓘ

Aswan International Airport → cityServed → Aswan ⓘ

Cairo–Aswan railway line → connects → Aswan ⓘ

Egyptian National Railways network → connects → Aswan ⓘ

Giza railway station → connectsTo → Aswan ⓘ

Ramses Station, Cairo → connectsTo → Aswan ⓘ

Aswan Governorate → containsCity → Aswan ⓘ

Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife → deathPlace → Aswan ⓘ

Upper Egypt → extendsTo → Aswan ⓘ

Egypt → hasFamousCity → Aswan ⓘ

Nile Valley → hasMajorCity → Aswan ⓘ

Nile → hasMajorDam → Aswan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aswan High Dam

Lower Nubia → hasMajorSite → Aswan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalabsha

Swenett → hasModernName → Aswan ⓘ

Swenett → hasModernSuccessorCity → Aswan ⓘ

Economy of Egypt → keyTourismDestination → Aswan ⓘ

Syene → knownAs → Aswan ⓘ

Wadi es-Sebua → locatedBetween → Aswan ⓘ

Aswan Botanical Garden → locatedIn → Aswan ⓘ

Unfinished Obelisk → locatedIn → Aswan ⓘ

Tombs of the Nobles (Aswan) → locatedInOrNear → Aswan ⓘ

Swenett → locatedInPresentDay → Aswan ⓘ

Philae → locatedNear → Aswan ⓘ

Temple of Kalabsha → locatedNear → Aswan ⓘ

Aswan High Dam → locatedNearCity → Aswan ⓘ

Nile → majorCityOnRiver → Aswan ⓘ

Syene → modernLocation → Aswan ⓘ

Aswan High Dam → namedAfter → Aswan ⓘ

Aswan Botanical Garden → near → Aswan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aswan city center

First Cataract of the Nile → near → Aswan ⓘ

Lake Nasser → near → Aswan ⓘ

Temple of Philae → nearCity → Aswan ⓘ

New Amada site → nearbyCity → Aswan ⓘ

Aswan International Airport → serves → Aswan ⓘ

Cairo–Aswan railway line → terminusB → Aswan ⓘ

Egyptian museums → typicalLocation → Aswan ⓘ