Siwa
Siwa is an oasis and town in the Western Desert of Egypt. It is the most remote of Egypt's five western oases. The oasis is 80 km long by 20 km wide, with a population in 2016 of some 33,000.Photo: MJEHermann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: mykola.rykov, CC BY 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Siwa
- Type: City with 35,000 residents
- Description: depression in the Western Desert of Egypt
- Categories: oasis, depression and locality
- Location: Matruh Governorate, Western Desert, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.2035° or 29° 12' 13" northLongitude
25.5192° or 25° 31' 9" eastPopulation
35,000Elevation
-15 metres (-49 feet)IATA airport code
SEWUnited Nations Location Code
EG SEWOpen Location Code
7GX76G39+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 324629407OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
347863Wikidata ID
Q2008735Siwa Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Isiwan
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Αμμονιαχη χωρα
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἀμμώνιον
- Arabic: Siwa
- Arabic: سيوة
- Arabic: سيوه
- Arabic: واحة سيوة
- Arabic: واحه سيوه
- Armenian: Սիվա
- Azerbaijani: Siva
- Azerbaijani: Sivə
- Basque: Siwa
- Bengali: সিওয়া ওয়েসিস
- Bulgarian: Сива (оазис)
- Bulgarian: Сиуа
- Burmese: စိဝအိုအေစစ်
- Catalan: Oasi de Siwa
- Catalan: Oasis de Siwa
- Cebuano: Siwa Oasis
- Chinese: 施華綠洲
- Chinese: 西瓦
- Chinese: 西瓦綠洲
- Chinese: 錫瓦綠洲
- Chinese: 锡瓦绿洲
- Croatian: Oaza Siwa
- Croatian: Siwa (oaza)
- Croatian: Siwa
- Czech: Síwa
- Danish: Siwa Oasis
- Dutch: Siwa
- Egyptian Arabic: سيوة
- Egyptian Arabic: سيوه
- English: Siwa Oasis
- English: Sīwah
- Esperanto: Oazo Siva
- Finnish: Siwa (keidas)
- French: Siouah
- French: Siwa
- French: Siwah
- French: Syouah
- Georgian: სივა (ოაზისი)
- German: Oase Siwa
- German: Siwa
- German: Siwa Oasis
- Greek: Όαση Σίβα
- Gujarati: સિવા ઓઅસિસ
- Hebrew: נווה המדבר סיווה
- Hindi: सीवा नख़लिस्तान
- Hindi: सीवा मरूद्यान
- Hungarian: Szíva-oázis
- Igbo: Siwa
- Igbo: Siwa Oasis
- Indonesian: Siwa Oasis
- Italian: Siwa
- Japanese: シワオアシス
- Japanese: シワ・オアシス
- Japanese: シーワ・オアシス
- Kabyle: Isiwan
- Kannada: ಸಿವಾ ಓಯಸಿಸ್
- Korean: 시와오아시스
- Korean: 시와 오아시스
- Latin: Ammonium
- Latvian: Siva
- Lithuanian: Siva
- Lithuanian: Sivos oazė
- Malay: Oasis Siwa
- Malay: Wahah Siwa
- Malayalam: സിവ ഓയസിസ്
- Marathi: सिवा ओएसिस
- Norwegian: Siwa
- Norwegian Bokmål: Siwa
- Persian: سیوه
- Persian: واحه سیوا
- Persian: واحهٔ سیوا
- Polish: Oaza Siwa
- Polish: Siwa (oaza)
- Polish: Siwa
- Portuguese: Oásis de Siuá
- Portuguese: Oásis de Siwa
- Portuguese: Oásis de siuá
- Portuguese: Siuá
- Portuguese: Siwa
- Romanian: Siwa
- Russian: Аммониум
- Russian: Сива
- Scots: Siwa Oasis
- Serbian: Сива
- Serbo-Croatian: Siwa (oaza)
- Serbo-Croatian: Siwa
- Sinhala: සිවා ඔඑසිස්
- Siwi: Isiwan
- Slovak: Oáza Siwa
- Slovak: Oáza Síva
- Slovak: Oáza Síwa
- Slovak: Oázy Siwa
- Slovak: Oázy Síva
- Slovak: Oázy Síwa
- Slovak: Siva
- Slovak: Sivská oáza
- Slovak: Siwská oáza
- Slovak: Síva
- Slovak: Sívska oáza
- Slovak: Sívske oázy
- Slovak: Síwska oáza
- Slovak: Síwske oázy
- Slovenian: Oaza Siva
- South Azerbaijani: واحه سیوا
- Spanish: Siwa
- Spanish: Siwah
- Swedish: Siwa
- Swedish: Siwaoasen
- Tachelhit: Siwa
- Tajik: Сива
- Tamil: சிவா ஓசிஸ்
- Telugu: శివ ఒయాసిస్
- Thai: สิวา โอเอซิส
- Turkish: Siwa Oasis
- Ukrainian: Оаза Сива
- Urdu: سوا اوسس
- Urdu: سیوہ
- Vietnamese: Siwa
- Vietnamese: Siwa Oasis
- Waray (Philippines): Siwa (oasis)
- Welsh: Siwa
- Yue Chinese: 施華綠洲
- Zulu: Siwa Oasis
- Historic: Sekhetam
- Siuah
- Siwe
- Wahat Siwah
- Wāḥat Sīwah
- სივა
Other Places Named Siwa
In the Area
- Siwa OasisLocality
- Fatnaas IslandLocality
- Fatnaas IslandLocality
- Cold springLocality, 11 km southwest
- Hot SpringLocality, 12 km southwest
- SiwaLocality, 15 km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Siwa. Photo: Inkey, CC BY 3.0.