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Aswan

Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor. Wikivoyage

Population 401,890 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Egypt

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Egypt

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Aswan Market

    No hours mapped

    760 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 8 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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