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Aswān (governorate) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 23 18 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 23.3000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 032 54 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.9000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The most southerly Egyptian governorate; contains the Aswān High Dam, one of world's great engineering works; major industries are related to the dam and tourism; area is rich in well-preserved ancient monuments; has iron ore and gold deposits. |
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| Aswān (preferred,C,V,Arabic)
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| Aswān (Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Muḩāfaz̧at Aswān (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Aswān, Muḩāfaz̧at (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Aswān, Muḥāfaẓat (C,V)
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| Assuan (C,V)
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| Assouan (C,V)
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| Aswan (C,V,English)
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| Aswân (C,V)
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| Aswān governorate (C,O)
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| Aswan, Mohafazat (NA,V)
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| Aswān, Mudīrīyat (NA,V)
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| EG16 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| Mohafazat Aswan (NA,V)
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| Mudīrīyat Aswān (NA,V)
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| محافظة أسوان (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| أسوان (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| Muḩāfaz̧at Aswān (C,U,O,Arabic-P)
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| Aswan Governorate (C,U,English)
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Aswān (governorate) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| governorate (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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| second level subdivision (H) |
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