Aswan

Summary

Aswan is a city^[1]. Aswan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Aswan was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Aswan is located in Aswan Governorate^[4].
• Aswan is in the country of Egypt^[5].
• Aswan is on the body of water Nile^[6].
• Aswan's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Aswan's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Aswan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sonoma^[9].
• Aswan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chongqing^[10].
• Aswan's Commons category is recorded as Aswan^[11].
• Aswan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[12].
• Aswan's local dialing code is recorded as +20 97^[13].
• Aswan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 24.088919444444, 'lon': 32.899730555556}^[14].
• Aswan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aswan^[15].
• Aswan's Commons gallery is recorded as أسوان^[16].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+267913'}^[17].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+219874'}^[18].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+190579'}^[19].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+351332'}^[20].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+401890'}^[21].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+379774'}^[22].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+337472'}^[23].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+266013'}^[24].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+144700'}^[25].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+127600'}^[26].
• Aswan has a population of {'amount': '+200000'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Aswan is in the country of Egypt^[5]. Aswan is located in Aswan Governorate^[4]. Aswan is on the body of water Nile^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Aswan covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+375'}^[28]. Aswan sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+99'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+267913'}^[17], {'amount': '+219874'}^[18], {'amount': '+190579'}^[19], {'amount': '+351332'}^[20], {'amount': '+401890'}^[21], and {'amount': '+379774'}^[22].

Climate and Environment

Aswan's Köppen climate classification is recorded as desert climate^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and big city^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Aswan include Aswan International Airport^[31], an international airport^[32], in Egypt^[33]; granite^[34]; and New Aswan City^[35], a city^[36], in Egypt^[37], founded in 1999^[38].

Why It Matters

Aswan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Aswan is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Aswan include Aswan International Airport^[31], an international airport^[32], in Egypt^[33]; granite^[34]; and New Aswan City^[35], a city^[36], in Egypt^[37], founded in 1999^[38].