Aswan (Arabic أسوان), in the past Syène , is a city of almost: 250000 inhabitants, of the south of the Egypt, located on Right Bank of the the Nile where sail the Felouque S. It finds to approximately 843 km of the Cairo.
This city, southernmost of Egypt was a long time one of the principal entries and exits of the Black Africa, giving rise to a flourishing trade on the road of the caravans. City-border, the Coptes named it Souan (trade).
This city is also known under the name of Syène. At the time Christian woman, Syène was the seat of a évêché. She was made famous for the experiment of Eratosthène aiming at determining the Circonférence Ground. This city was chosen by Erathosthène because of its proximity to the Tropic of Cancer: the Sun is then with the vertical of the city at the time of the Solstice of summer.
It was the preferred city of François Mitterrand which passed Christmas there each year.
One finds there in the middle of the Nile the Elephantine Île and the Île Kitchener.
On the Level between the two stoppings, the island of Philae on which a temple of Isis was submerged during the construction of the high stopping, involving the rebuilding of the temple by UNESCO on the island of Aguilkia, 300 m more in north.
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