What is Aswan?
[[File:Nubian village in Elephantine Island Aswan.jpg|thumb|The Nile at Aswan, seen from Elephantine Island]] [[File:Aswan bateaux sur le Nil (22) .jpg|thumb|Tourism on the Nile]] '''Aswan''' ({{coord|24|05|N|32|56|E}}, population 200,000) is a city in the south of [[Egypt]] and the capital of the [[Aswan Governorate]]. It is on the east bank of the [[Nile]] and is a busy market and tourist center. Aswan is one of the driest places in the world where people live; as of early 2001, the last rain there was 6 years earlier. As of October 13, 2007, the last rainfall was a thunderstorm on May 13, 2006. In [[Nubia]]n settlements, the people often do not put a roof over all of the rooms in their houses. == Related pages == * [[Aswan Dam]] {{coord|24|05|N|32|56|E|display=title}} {{Cities and towns in Egypt}} {{Egyptian cities by population}} {{List of cities in the Middle East}} {{Africa topic |List of cities in}} {{Egypt topics}} [[Category:Cities in Egypt]] [[Category:Aswan Governorate]]