Aswan

Summary

Aswan is a city^[1]. Aswan ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,019 views/month).^[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 image is recorded as Panoramic view of Aswan 2, Egypt.jpg^[7].
• Aswan's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Aswan's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Aswan's flag image is recorded as Governadorat dAswan.svg^[10].
• Aswan's logo image is recorded as AswanLogo s.png^[11].
• Aswan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sonoma^[12].
• Aswan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chongqing^[13].
• Aswan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153632764^[14].
• Aswan's GND ID is recorded as 4003278-4^[15].
• Aswan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82145481^[16].
• Aswan's IdRef ID is recorded as 027366863^[17].
• Aswan's Commons category is recorded as Aswan^[18].
• Aswan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[19].
• Aswan's local dialing code is recorded as +20 97^[20].
• Aswan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 24.088919444444, 'lon': 32.899730555556}^[21].
• Aswan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_38^[22].
• Aswan's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge794249^[23].
• Aswan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aswan^[24].
• Aswan's Commons gallery is recorded as أسوان^[25].
• Aswan's page banner is recorded as Aswan banner.jpg^[26].
• Aswan's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Africa/Egypt/Localities/Aswan/^[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's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+375'}^[28]. Aswan's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+99'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+267913'}^[30], {'amount': '+219874'}^[31], {'amount': '+190579'}^[32], {'amount': '+351332'}^[33], {'amount': '+401890'}^[34], and {'amount': '+379774'}^[35].

Climate and Environment

Aswan's Köppen climate classification is recorded as desert climate^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8] and big city^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Aswan include granite^[37]; Aswan International Airport^[38], an international airport^[39], in Egypt^[40]; and New Aswan City^[41], a city^[42], in Egypt^[43], founded in 1999^[44].

Why It Matters

Aswan ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,019 views/month).^[2] Aswan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] Aswan is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for Aswan include granite^[37]; Aswan International Airport^[38], an international airport^[39], in Egypt^[40]; and New Aswan City^[41], a city^[42], in Egypt^[43], founded in 1999^[44].