Aswan
Aswan (أسوان aswān) (population 200,000) is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the governorate of the same name. \nIt stands on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract and is a busy market and tourist center.
Aswan is one of the driest inhabited places in the world; as of early 2001, the last rain here was 6 years ago. In Nubian settlements they generally do not bother to roof all of the rooms in their houses.
See also: Aswan Dam, Elephantine, Kitchener's Island, Nag Hammadi
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\n\n \nThe Nile at Aswan, seen from Elephantine Island |
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