Aswan Governorate
Aswān Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. The southernmost governorate in Upper Egypt, covering most of Lake Nasser. The Governorate's capital is Aswan.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Temple of Gerf Hussein
Photo: mick-dede, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The temple of Gerf Hussein was dedicated to pharaoh Ramesses II and built by the Setau, Viceroy of Nubia.
Aswan Governorate
- Type: governorate of Egypt with 1,500,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
23.3° or 23° 18' northLongitude
32.9° or 32° 54' eastPopulation
1,500,000Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)Open Location Code
7GMJ7WX2+X2GeoNames ID
359787Wikidata ID
Q29937Aswan Governorate Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Aswan
- Arabic: أسوان (محافظة)
- Arabic: أسوان (محافظه)
- Arabic: أسوان
- Arabic: لمحافظة أسوان
- Arabic: محافظة أسوان
- Arabic: محافظة اسوان
- Armenian: Ասուան
- Asturian: Asuán
- Asturian: Aswan
- Asturian: gobernación d'Aswan
- Azerbaijani: Əsvan mühafəzəsi
- Belarusian: Асуан
- Belarusian: Мухафаза Асуан
- Bosnian: Asuan
- Bulgarian: Асуан
- Catalan: Governació d'Assuan
- Catalan: governació d'Assuan
- Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at Aswān
- Chinese: Aswan Séng
- Chinese: 阿斯旺省
- Czech: Asuán
- Danish: Aswan
- Dutch: Aswan
- Egyptian Arabic: محافظة اسوان
- English: Aswan
- Esperanto: Provinco Asuano
- Estonian: Assuani kubernerkond
- Estonian: Aswāni kubernerkond
- Finnish: Assuanin kuvernoraatti
- French: Assouan
- French: Gouvernorat d'Assouan
- Georgian: ასუანის მუჰაფაზა
- German: Assuan
- German: Aswan
- German: EG-ASN
- German: Gouvernement Aswan
- Greek: Κυβερνείο Ασουάν
- Hebrew: אסואן (מחוז)
- Hebrew: אסואן
- Hindi: असवान मुहाफ़ज़ाह
- Hungarian: Asszuán kormányzóság
- Indonesian: Kegubernuran Aswan
- Irish: Gobharnóireacht Aswan
- Italian: Governatorato di Assuan
- Japanese: アスワン県
- Korean: 아스완주
- Latin: Aswān
- Lithuanian: Asuano muchafaza
- Macedonian: Асуан (област)
- Macedonian: Асуан
- Min Nan Chinese: Aswan Séng
- Norwegian: Guvernementet Aswan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Aswan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Aswan guvernement
- Persian: استان اسوان
- Polish: Asuan
- Portuguese: Assuão
- Romanian: Guvernoratul Aswan
- Russian: Асуан
- Scots: Aswan Govrenorate
- Serbian: Асуан
- Serbo-Croatian: Asuan (muhafaza)
- Serbo-Croatian: Asuan
- Somali: Aswan Governorate
- South Azerbaijani: اسوان اوستانی
- Spanish: Asuan
- Spanish: Asuán
- Spanish: Gobernación de Asuán
- Swahili: Mkoa wa Aswan
- Swedish: Assuan
- Tajik: Вилояти Асвон
- Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอัสวาน
- Turkish: Asvan
- Ukrainian: Асуан
- Urdu: محافظہ اسوان
- Vietnamese: Aswan
- Waray (Philippines): Aswan
- Western Panjabi: صوبہ اسوان
- Wu Chinese: 阿斯旺省
- Yue Chinese: 阿斯旺省
- Zulu: Aswan Governorate
- Assuanin kuvernementti
- Mohafazat Aswan
- Mudīrīyat Aswān
- Muhafazat Aswan
Other Places Named Aswan Governorate
Localities in the Area
- Jurf ḨusaynLocality
- QirshahLocality, 5 km southeast
- MârîyaArea, 9 km northwest
- Temple of DendurLocality, 11 km northeast
- MurwāwLocality, 12 km north
Landmarks in the Area
- Khawr Faraj AllāhInlet
- Khawr Abū RajabInlet, 5 km northeast
- Jabal ShabdūnMountain, 5 km south
- Khôr Faqîr Dik el-QibliInlet, 5 km west
- Khawr Sharaf ad DīnInlet, 6 km northeast
Popular Destinations in Egypt
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Aswan Governorate. Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.