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Aswan
Arabic:
'aswān
City in Egypt with 280,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate). Aswan is the capital of the Aswan Governorate. The city is situated on the Nile, just north of the Aswan High Dam, at what used to be the 1st cataract.
Industries of Aswan benefit from the electricity from the Dam. There is no university here, but there is The Higher Industrial Institute.
Aswan was, as the ancient Syene, important in the Pharaonic times, as it supplied granite for several of the temples of Egypt. During the Roman period, the city prospered. Today it is an important tourist destination, being the start or ending point of Nile cruises.
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