Where the climate is dry temperate, and the sun warm, and calm that hangs over every place where even the boats on a page that flow in the Nile a wonderful calm and beautiful. I knew the city of Aswan in the ancient Egyptian language as "Sono" meaning the market; where the trade area, the terminal of trading caravans, and character the Greeks that name to the "O", then known as Copts, "Swan," and
when he introduced the Arabs to in the sixth century AD pronounced "Aswan".
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Date of the importance of the region
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- The importance of this region appeared in the Old Kingdom; to secure the southern border, was a center for gathering the kings of the armies when he tried to extend their power of the Middle Kingdom to the south.
- Played a special role during the Egyptian Jihad to expel the Hyksos.
- In the era of the Ptolemies became the island of "elephants" - the home of the worship of the god Isis - a lot of interest then complete the great temple.
- In the era of the Romans created the temples of the ancient Egyptian-style approach to the Egyptians, he established a small temple, the emperor Trajan on the island of Philae.
- When the spread of Christianity became the official religion in the fifth century AD, and turned to the Egyptian temples, churches, and the island of Philae was the center of one of bishoprics, and of which Christianity spread south to Nubia.
- And then spread Islam since the beginning of his appearance; where he found the evidence written in Kufic script dating to the early first century AH.
- Aswan flourished in the Islamic era was in the tenth century AD a path to (Aizab) on the coast of the Red Sea; where sailing ships to the Hijaz, and Yemen, and India.
- Was an important cultural center in the sixth and seventh century AH, and was the oldest of three schools, School of Aswan, and the school Asifih, school asterisk in Aswan.
- Muhammad Ali established the first military school in Egypt, 1837.
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Site
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Aswan is located south of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and is bordered to the north Qena Governorate, on the east the province of the Red Sea, bordered to the west the province of New Valley, on the south by the Republic of Sudan at latitude 22 north of the equator. The town of Aswan the capital of the province on the eastern shore of the Nile where the part of the plain which borders the Nile, and the other on the hills that represent the edge of the desert plateau east, and rises the city of Aswan, about 85 meters above sea level, which is about 879 km from Cairo and covers an area maintained 34,608 km 2 .
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Terrain
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Divided into three sections:
Sahli part of the city which represents the part that borders the Nile, a narrow area in the south and expanding as we head north. The average height, a high hill is the old Aswan, which took accommodate east and west. Then desert region that stretches east and west of Aswan, the Nile.
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Climate
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Aswan hot summer climate mild in winter, and dominated by the characteristics of continental climate; accommodate differences as maximum and minimum temperature during the twenty-four hours in summer or winter.
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Access to Aswan
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First: airports: -
A - Aswan International Airport's new:
The second largest airport (after Cairo airport) and is characterized by architectural character appropriate to the nature of the area and located an area of 55 acres, the building is designed in two levels. Galleries and international local access: the four belts to transport bags (12-18 Counter) for the officers of passports, and bank services, tourist services, offices, hotels, security, and quarantine. Eat local and international travel:
International travel has nine 1200 passengers / hour and an area of 5000 m 2 and includes 4 gates 0.15 Counter. Has a local travel nine 800 passengers / hour and an area of 2000 m 2 includes 2 gate. VIP Lounge and the Presidency of the Republic with an area 850 m 2. Lounge, a private first class passengers, Duty-free shops, cafeteria, road network and parking apron serves a tunnel 267 m 2 and a bridge to serve travelers along the 560 m and parking capacity up to 300 cars. B - Airport Abu Simbel Airport has been the development of Abu Simbel tourism to accommodate the movement of aircraft up to the city from all over the world. C - airports that serve investors Aswan: -
Luxor International Airport
Airport Sharq Al-
Prince Airport
Marsa Alam Airport (under construction)
Second rail:
The duplication of the railway in the distance between Luxor / Aswan 205 km length has necessitated the following:
The development of important central stations. The establishment of the 23 stations of the new building and the development of sidewalks stations. Create a number of 16 concrete bridge. Create the number one concrete culvert. This has achieved the following objectives:
Provide travel time between Cairo / Aswan of 6 hours to become a flight time 12 hours instead of 18 hours. Run the new trains to increase passenger service. Raise the speed of the trains of 60 km / h to 110 km / h. Includes the city of Aswan, many of the pharaohs, including:
Temple of Abu Simbel. Consists of "Abu Simbel" of the temples were carved in the mountain on the mainland west of the Nile in the period between 1290 BC.
