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	Aswan
		Aswan is the capital of the Aswan Governorate.
		The city is situated on the Nile, just north of the Aswan High Dam.
		Aswan was, as the ancient Syene, important in the Pharaonic times, as it supplied granite for several of the temples of Egypt.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/aswan.htm (90 words)

	Aswan Site
		Aswan as the capital of the south of Upper Egypt is considered a unique example portraying Egypt's history since the beginning of life on the Nile banks till our present age.
		Aswan was the first governorate to prepare an excellent position for camping to be the centre of this kind of tourism.
		It overlooks the east bank of the Nile, bounded by Kena governorate at the north, and at a distance of 899 km from Cairo and 208 km from Luxor.
	www.aswan.gov.eg /english/Forewor/Foreword.htm (325 words)

	Aswan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aswan (Egyptian: Swenet (=trade); Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ Swān; Greek: Συήνη Syene; Arabic: أسوان Aswān) (24°05′N 32°56′E, population 200,000) is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the Aswan Governorate.
		Aswan is the ancient city of Swenet, which was in antiquity the frontier town of Egypt to the south.
		Because the Egyptians oriented towards the south, Aswan was the first town in the country, and Egypt was always conceived to open or begin at Aswan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aswan (621 words)

	Aswan, Egypt
		Situated on the east bank of the Nile, partly on low ground and partly on a hill, it is a much favored winter resort thanks to its equable dry and warm climate and its sand baths, which are efficacious in the treatment of diseases of the joints.
		Aswan, the capital of Egypt's most southerly governorate and the terminus of the railroad line along the Nile Valley, has a university which is still in course of development.
		The area around modern Aswan, including the island of Elephantine, was known in antiquity as Yebu ("Elephant Land"), perhaps because the Egyptians saw elephants here for the first time or because the rocks in the river, worn smooth by the water, were thought to resemble the backs of a herd of elephants.
	www.planetware.com /egypt/aswan-egy-asw-asw.htm (695 words)

	aswan governorate - aswan portal
		Aswan, Egypt's sunniest southern city and ancient frontier town located about 81 miles south of Luxor, has a distinctively African atmosphere.
		In Aswan the Nile is at its most beautiful, flowing through amber desert and granite rocks, round emerald islands covered in palm groves and tropical plants.
		Aswan is a strategic location which currently houses a garrison of the Egyptian army, but which has also seen ancient Egyptian garrisons, as well as that of General Kitchener, Turkish troops of the Ottoman empire and the Romans.
	www.aswannews.com /english/aswan.asp (505 words)

	Aswan - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From the syenite quarries nearby came stone for the temples and statuary of the Pharaohs.
		On Elephantine island, in the Nile opposite Aswan, and Philae island (submerged by the Aswan High Dam complex), south of the city, are found ancient Egyptian and Roman ruins.
		Aga Khan III (1877-1957), leader of the Muslim Ismailis, is buried in Aswan.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-aswan.html (575 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Home News \| Communities in contest
		But among the main communities vying for prominence in the governorate of Aswan, competition is so tight that after the first round of voting last Sunday, all six seats were left up for grabs.
		Nubians, many of them relocated after the building of the Aswan High Dam caused an inundation of Nubian lands, generally consider themselves to be the original inhabitants of the area.
		The Aswan governorate is divided into three electoral constituencies, each with two seats available -- the worker seat and the professional seat.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2000/506/eg10.htm (1238 words)

	Public Health Consultants - Human resources for health: Technical Assistance for the Upgrading Training and Education ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		These partners wish to improve the quantity and quality of nurses in the Governorate because the situation of nursing is particularly unfavourable Aswan and because the Egyptian Health Sector Reform Programme (EHSRP) calls for enhanced involvement of nurses.
		The Aswan Technical Health Institute did not yet have a technical nursing school and most of the diploma nurses have not had access to refresher training since their graduation.
		A nurse education expert is stationed in Aswan to assist the local project organisation in all aspects related to training / education and the development of the required capacities.
	www.phc-amsterdam.nl /en/proj4_5a.htm (477 words)

	InterVector.org -- The InterVector Exploratory Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Aswan is a city in southern Egypt (upper Egypt) that is at risk for outbreaks of malaria, RVF, and WNV.
		Aswan has a total population of 974,068 and a density of 4.8 people/house (Census 2000).
		Aswan is at continuous risk of RVF through the introduction of the virus with imported or smuggled animals.
	intervector.globalpublichealth.com /Epartner.htm (1027 words)

	M&L - Stories from the Field - Aswan's Vision: Dream Translated Into Action - Egypt
		Not long ago, the health clinics in the Aswan governorate, a mostly rural area in Egypt's poorest region, presented a picture that was all too familiar in resource-poor settings.
		Their efforts have proved successful in attracting clients to clinics, as shown by the districts of Aswan, Daraw, and Kom Ombo, which increased the number of new family planning visits by 36%, 68%, and 20%, respectively, compared to the same period last year.
		He faced opposition from several quarters, especially from the head of the Aswan governorate health team who said flatly that he saw no benefit from courses funded by international donors and wanted no more of them in his districts.
	www.msh.org /projects/mandl/6.7.html (1454 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Flood? What flood?
		The soaring price of tomatoes in Aswan is perhaps the only visible indicator that the governorate is in a state of emergency because of the annual Nile flood.
		The river banks are dry and so is the rest of Aswan for that matter-- or at least that is what residents say and what the governor of Aswan has been consistently reiterating.
		Situated in the middle of the desert, 110 kilometres from Aswan, Garf Hussein is a luscious patch of green land that has been reclaimed in a joint project by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Egyptian government.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1998/397/eg13.htm (614 words)

	ICA MENA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Institute worked under an agreement with the Governor of Beni Suef and in partnership with the Local Units and 35 CDAs on capacity building and integrated project activities in the east and west banks of the Nile, thus covering the entire governorate of Beni Suef and serving a population of around 500,000.
		This 3-year project, implemented in cooperation with the governorate of Fayoum and the support of the Netherlands Government, aims at achieve gender balance to enhance men and womens' economic status.
		The project was implemented in 2 villages in Beni Suef governorate in cooperation with the CDAs, through 5 seminars that introduced the idea and informed members the importance of the Solar Energy Technology.
	www.ica-international.org /0menaegypt.htm (1620 words)

	Aswan Dam Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Aswan (24°05'N 32°56'E, population 200,000) is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the Aswan Governorate.
		Aswan is the ancient city of Swan, which was in antiquity the frontier town of Egypt to the south.
		The Nile is nearly 3000 yards wide above Aswan.
	www.aswandam.net /aswancity.html (494 words)

	Aswan Travel Information
		The population of the Aswan governorate is around 1.2 million and mostly consists of Nubians and local tribes of Kenzo.
		In Ancient times the God Khoum was the major God of the city, but in later periods the Goddess Isis, Goddess of magic and maternity, became the main patron God, with a temple being built for her at Philae.
		Amongst Aswan’s most famous hotels, is the Old Cataract Hotel, which was built in 1925 (it is the most expensive hotel in Aswan today!).
	www.ask-aladdin.com /aswan_travel_information.htm (569 words)

	Sawiris Foundation Website
		In Aswan, such vaccination is to reach 140,000 children and 30,000 pregnant women per year.
		The Governorate of Aswan supports the project and allows its implementation under its auspices.
		The project succeeded in training and employing 159 technical diploma holders as vaccination coordinators who were disbursed throughout the Aswan Governorate and have been involved in vaccination campaigns.
	www.sawirisfoundation.org /en/Vaccination.htm (306 words)

	aswan governorate - aswan portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		NOMINATED, Aswan, by Spain’s National UNESCO Committee, as a finalist for the UNESCO Award for Cities of Peace.
		The award is handed out every two years to an urban center that provides activities, facilities and programs that improve its citizens standards of living and encourage citizens to respect the environment.
		Commercial and industrial projects will be set up in the new villages with a view to creating more jobs for young people, he said, noting that all services would be available for the inhabitants of the new areas.
	www.aswannews.com /english (194 words)

	Aswan Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		With respect to its economic advantages the High Dam considered unique among all the big irrigation projects in the world is unsurpassed in terms of its return.
		Soon after the 1952 Revolution, the idea of constructing a High Dam in Aswan for high level storage was brought up.
		The regional planning project of Aswan governorate pays a great attention to the studies and researches conducted on the lake and the economical [profits of cultivating its banks,using them for touristic purposes.
	www.aswan.gov.eg /english/Tourism/Tourism3.htm (469 words)

	Bird Migration Routes - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Lake Bardawil is situated on the Mediterranean coast, in the north of the Governorate of North Sinaï.
		The remains of the semi-natural vegetation of the First Cataract Islands at Aswan are the relicts of a Nile Valley gallery forest.
		The pioneer plants that colonized the exposed land are Tamarix nilotica, Glinus lotoides, and Heliotropium supinum.
	whc.unesco.org /en/tentativelists/1809 (1490 words)

	CURRICULUM VITAE
		Responsibilities: To support and co-ordinate the negotiations between Aswan Governorate, Aswan City Council and the Project to establish an autonomous Solid Waste Department (SWD) at the Governorate level responsible for preparing General Plans and Guidelines for solid waste management and monitoring the privatization processes.
		The task activities were to design the supportive organizational, financial, legal and human resource frameworks which could enable the SWD to act independently and effectively.
		Responsibilities: To assist in the implementation of a capacity-building program for Aswan Governorate, technical advice and monitoring of several development projects related to environment, primary health care, urban and community development, and coordinating with Aswan Governorate to propose new projects for funding.
	campus.fortunecity.com /dillard/106/cv.htm (1056 words)

	Aswan, Egypt, Pictures
		Aswan (ancient Syene), city in southern Egypt, capital of Aswan Governorate, on the Nile River, near Lake Nasser.
		The city's industries use hydroelectricity produced at the nearby Aswan High Dam.
		The Higher Industrial Institute (1962) is in Aswan.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Egypt/Aswan_ancient_Syene_city.html (113 words)

	International Notes Rift Valley Fever -- Egypt, 1993
		To monitor the potential spread of RVF from southern Egypt (i.e., Aswan) to the Nile Delta region of northern Egypt in 1993, RVF surveillance was conducted at fever hospitals, among persons in high-risk occupational groups (e.g., abattoir and veterinary workers), and in selected animal populations.
		In October 1993, RVFV was isolated from a 17-year-old woman with fatal hemorrhagic disease hospitalized in Sharkiya in the Nile Delta.
		In 1993, RVF was documented among persons residing in the governorates of Dakhla, Damietta, Gharbiya, Giza, Ismailia, Kafr al-Sheikh, Minufiya, Port Said, Qena, and Sharkiya.
	www.cdc.gov /MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00032619.htm (1354 words)

	The 8th Annual Scupture Symposium for Stone in Aswan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Sculpture Symposium for Stone in Aswan, sponsored by the Culture Development Fund and supported by the Aswan Governorate, produces works of art that may be found in the Open Air Museum.
		The stone is rarely transformed entirely, the artist's job is to develop as close a relationship as possible with the stone, take in its natural contours, its shape, and, rather than using it as raw material for something premeditated, work to interpret and enhance its form.
		In the 8th Symposium of Aswan, the granite, in spite of its hardness, has shown great flexibility to the fingertips of the artists.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/stone.htm (1441 words)

	ASWAN ART
		Also, the local tourism office in Aswan nust be strengthened, so as to actively participate in future ecotourism training activities, raising ecotourism and environmental awareness amongst the local populations, and a practical knowledge of ecotourism operation.
		Already a number of ecotourism training courses have been carried out both in the Aswan mainland and in Garb Sehel village by this consultant (within the framework of this Aswan Governorate Project and also within the work carried out for the World Tourism Organization and Tourism Development Authority TDA).
		In the case of this UNESCO/UNDP project, an important contribution is the Ecotourism Master plan includes the identification and classification of ecotourism attractions, zoning aspects, development of ecotourism itineraries, physical planning aspects, and a promotional and marketing strategy.
	www.aswan-art.com /english/marketing/sohil.php (907 words)

	Oberoi Aswan
		Located on Elephantine Island, the Hotel is near Kitchener’s Island and the famous Botanical Gardens, ancient tombs, war memorials, the Aga Khan Memorial, the Temple of Philae, Aswan Dam and the High dam.
		Built on an island, the hotel has a secluded location among the gardens of Elephantine Island but is nonetheless convenient for most of the tourist attractions in and around Aswan.
		The area of the hotel is 41716,63 m2 due to notarized contracts, besides, there is an area of alluvium leased from Aswan Governorate.
	www.egoth.com.eg /hotels/aswanoberoi.html (409 words)

	Ministries-Governmental-Authorities-Governorates Directory in Egypt
		Aswan Governorate, Local Municipality of Markaz and City of Draaw
		Aswan Governorate, Local Municipality of Markaz and City of Esna
		Aswan Governorate, Local Municipality of Markaz and City of Kum Umbo
	www.kg.com.eg /Books/Egdir/En/Default.htm (867 words)

	Chemonics
		Chemonics Egypt assisted Governorate of Aswan technical teams to identify borderlines for 30 villages and produced structural and detailed plans for 15 selected villages.
		Local councils of Aswan Governorate submitted small infrastructure project proposals to the Public Works Program of the Egyptian Social Fund for Development.
		The workshop was held to discuss the Aswan Environmental plans and was attended by representatives of several Government of Egypt ministries and agencies, Aswan Governorate officials, academics, non-governmental organizations, and DANIDA environmental experts.
	www.chemonicsegypt.com /urbprojects.aspx (1767 words)

	Enlaces Aswan. Viajes e información sobre Aswan
		Illustrated commentary on the benefits and the environmental, and social impacts.
		Article on the effects of the dam on the ecosystem of the SE Mediterranean.
		Nile cruises on the Nile between Aswan and Luxor.
	destinia.com /guide/odp/Aswan/44199/es (584 words)

	AllRefer.com - Aswan, Egypt (Egyptian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Aswan, Egypt (Egyptian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Aswan or Assuan[both: AswAn´, aswan´] Pronunciation Key, city (1986 pop.
		Aga Khan III (1877–1957), leader of the Muslim Ismailis, is buried in Aswan.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Aswan.html (295 words)

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