The Aswan unguarded gate to the south, which is the link between the two parts of the Nile Valley north and south, a contact point between Egypt and Africa. They last Upper Egypt in the south, and the ancient Egyptians called it (Sono) any market, where she was a commercial area and plant trade caravans coming from ancient Nubia.
The Greeks character name (O) then called Copts (Swan) to the Arabs came in the sixth century AD Vntqoha (Aswan).
Aswan Governorate is located south of the Arab Republic of Egypt and is bounded on the north Qena and east of the Red Sea Governorate and west
New Valley Governorate and south, the Democratic Republic of the Sudan at latitude (22) north of the equator. The town of Aswan, the provincial capital on the eastern shore and which part is located on the plain, which borders the Nile and another part on the hills which represent the eastern edge of the desert plateau. Aswan rises about 85 meters above sea level and away from Cairo about 879 kilometers.
This site gives it a special nature, where it is characterized by the presence of yellow sand and green land and clear water, so it is a great model for all artists and authors, where they were working in an atmosphere surrounded tranquility and beauty.
The total area of province of Aswan 34,608 km 2, lies the city of Aswan at latitude 24 a difference of one degree north of the Tropic of Capricorn, which makes Guha extremely hot in the summer and the average temperature in the winter, as that Guha dry throughout the year. Guha also features a high temperature difference between night or day, like the rest of the desert regions, and the similarity of the spring and fall making the distinction difficult without looking at the result. Remains the summer and winter of discerning two chapters Aswan.
Temperatures reach Aswan day during the summer to 46 degrees while fall below zero in some winter nights, as does not exceed humidity 50% rarely only shortly from winter nights, and considers rainfall (zero) during the four seasons; but there is a possibility very little to heavy rain for a short period in the form of Seoul, The evaporation rate is in the range of 30 mm day in summer and 10 mm in the winter.
There were in countries that dictionary Aswan country in the last level in Egypt, and mentioned I'm Djiaan as Gap Aswan work Qusiya, Afajm some historians and geographers Seine and the volatility of the R and become (Assoan).
Maqrizi says: Aswan language meaning grief - saying assy man any grief and ASEAN man sad and Aswan.
The reason to interpret Maqrizi this without regard to the derivation of the name of the content Pharaonic or Coptic, see in his belief to what Measured him Aswan along Islamic era of sorrow and grief permanent lost their children and youth in the wars that did not stop with Nubia and tribes Beja which reached incursions even stood in the province of Qena.
According to historical references as (gap the Mahrot) and therefore there are many tribes who lived in Aswan and the Eastern Desert (Red Sea) Arab, Persian and Turkish, some still exist and other Destroyed forever and you do not know the conditions of more descendants.
Egypt Aswan gate is guarded from the south, which is the link between the two parts of the Nile Valley north and south, a point of contact between Egypt and Africa. They last Upper Egypt in the south, has been named the ancient Egyptians (Sono), where the confluence of trade and the focus of trade caravans coming from Nubia.
Famous Aswan in historical times its geographical location, and the presence of solid stone by Kajeranat and diorite and others.
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