Editing Aswan (section)

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'''Aswan''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|s|ˈ|w|ɑː|n|,_|ɑː|s|-}}, <small>also</small> {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|æ|s|w|ɑː|n|,_|ˈ|ɑː|s|-|,_|ˈ|æ|z|-}};<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Aswan|access-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/aswan|title=Aswan|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403061451/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/aswan|archive-date=April 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/aswan "Aswan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403061451/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/aswan |date=2019-04-03 }} (US) and {{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Aswan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813121349/https://www.lexico.com/definition/aswan |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-08-13 |title=Aswan |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Aswân|access-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref> {{langx|ar|أسوان|ʾAswān}} {{IPA|arz|ʔɑsˈwɑːn|}}; {{langx|cop|Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ}} {{transliteration|cop|Souan}} {{IPA|cop|swɑn|}}) is a city in [[Southern Egypt]], and is the capital of the [[Aswan Governorate]].

Aswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the [[Aswan Dam]] on the east bank of the [[Nile]] at the [[cataracts of the Nile|first cataract]]. The modern city has expanded and includes the formerly separate community on the island of [[Elephantine]].

Aswan includes five monuments within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the [[International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia|Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae]]; these are the Old and Middle Kingdom tombs of [[Qubbet el-Hawa]], the town of [[Elephantine]], the [[Unfinished obelisk|stone quarries and Unfinished Obelisk]], the [[:de:Simeonskloster (Assuan)|Monastery of St. Simeon]] and the [[:ar:المقابر الفاطمية (اسوان)|Fatimid Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/88 |title = Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae |website = UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher = United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date = 7 September 2021}}</ref> The city's [[Nubian Museum]] is an important archaeological center, containing finds from the [[International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia]] before the [[Aswan Dam]] flooded all of [[Lower Nubia]].

The city is part of the [[Creative Cities Network|UNESCO Creative Cities Network]] in the category of craft and folk art.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Issues in cultural tourism studies|author=Smith, Melanie K.|date=2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781138785694|oclc=932058870}}</ref> Aswan joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2017.