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![Hierarchy of Aswan (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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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Hierarchical Position: |
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Aswān (governorate) (P) |
![Hierarchy of Aswan (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Aswan (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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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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transportation center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital of .... |
Wawat .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa, Nubia) [7029586] |
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