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Aswan Low Dam

dam in Egypt
Place Gravity Dam Q921582

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
gravity dam, hydroelectric power station[4]
Inception
1902[6]

Location

Country
Egypt[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 24.034°, 32.866°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Aswan Governorate[2]
Located in/on physical feature
Nile[7]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+116[8]
More facts +3
Drainage basin
Nile basin[10]
Nominal power output
+550[9]
Operator
General Authority for the High Dam and Aswan Reservoir[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Aswan Low Dam ar خزان اسوان ar سد أسوان ar خزان أسوان cs Nízká Asuánská přehrada cs Stará Asuánská přehrada de Assuan-Staumauer es presa baja de Asuán fa سد اسوان لو fr ancien barrage d'Assouan he סכר אסואן הנמוך it vecchia diga di Assuan ja アスワン・ロウ・ダム ko 아스완 로우 댐 pl Tama Asuańska ru Асуанская плотина (1902) sv Aswan Dam uk Нижня Асуанська ГЕС zh 阿斯旺低壩 zh 阿斯旺大壩
🔖 Identifiers · 11
VIAF cluster ID
185146462534027770144
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh00005032
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Aswan low dam2.JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0g55gzw
GNS Unique Feature ID
-291538
GeoNames ID
359789
J9U entity ID
987007291884305171
NL CR AUT ID
ge1295146
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000635641
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["HistoricalSite", "AswanLowDam::3nsx6"], Entity["Dam", "AswanLowDam::q659d"]
Yale LUX ID
concept/ae47af15-8836-40e2-a6a1-618eec8ee340
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Africa/Cairo 2026-09-26 S/DAM · EG GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
hydroelectric power station, gravity dam
Country 1
Egypt
Drainage basin 1
Nile basin
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Aswan Governorate
Located in/on physical feature 1
Nile
Operator 1
General Authority for the High Dam and Aswan Reservoir
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Summary

Aswan Low Dam is a gravity dam[1].

Related Entities

Egypt Nile

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Frettie · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → 24.034°, 32.866°
    Country → Egypt
    Inception → 1902
    Operator → General Authority for the High Dam and Aswan Reservoir
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: NL CR AUT ID: ge1295146, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780564914226"
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