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Aswan

, Assuan, Assouan
an ancient town in SE Egypt, on the Nile, just below the First Cataract. Pop.: 249 000 (2005 est.)
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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River police will operate round-the-clock patrols to stop people swimming in the river in Aswan, around 1200 kilometres from Cairo.
Citymax Hotel Aswan features leisure facilities including an outdoor swimming pool and cafe, sauna, jacuzzi and an all-day-dining restaurant.
The Aswan Heart Centre was founded in 2009 by Dr Magdi Yacoub and is the largest centre for research, training and treatment in cardiology in Aswan.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak issued a decree in June cancelling the sale contract for the land in the southern city of Aswan following a parliamentary debate about the price paid for it, state and independent media reported.
The British man and two Egyptian women were killed when the boat they were sailing in capsized in the River Nile at Aswan, a popular tourist destination, the spokesman for Egypt's cabinet said.
During a recent trip to visit friends in the village of West Aswan, cultural anthropologist Jennings realized how dated her 1995 The Nubians of West Aswan: Village Women in the Midst of Change had become.
MENA reported that an Aswan prosecutor has summoned the policemen for questioning.
Followed by the partnership with Banque Misr, JCB brand business in Egypt continues to grow in the major cities of Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan.
On November 14, 1981 an earthquake of magnitude [m.sub.b] 5.3 occurred in Kalabsha area about 80 km south of the proposed Aswan New City site.
The domestic flight was en route from Cairo to the southern city of Aswan on 11 May when the man allegedly tried to hijack the aircraft by claiming that a pot of hair gel was a bomb, according to The Associated Press.
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