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Aswan (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 24 05 36 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 24.0934 decimal degrees |
| Long: 032 54 25 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.9070 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was thriving town 1st mill. BC; was home to colony of Jewish mercenaries in 5th cen. BC; served as frontier garrison post for Romans, Turks & British; today is popular winter resort; noted for ruins of temple by Ptolemy Euergetes & for Aswān High Dam. |
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| Aswān (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Aswan (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Aswân (C,V)
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| Assuan (C,V)
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| Assouan (C,V)
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| Es-Suan (NA,V)
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| Syena (NA,V)
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| Syeue (NA,V)
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| أسوان (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| Seveneh (H,V)
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| Suan (H,V)
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| Syene (H,V)
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Aswān (governorate) (P) |
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Aswan (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1st millennium BC |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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Wawat .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa, Nubia) [7029586] |
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