Aswan Governorate (Arabic: محافظة أسوان) is one of Egypt’s governorates. The southernmost governorate in Upper Egypt, encompassing the majority of Lake Nasser. The governorate’s capital is Aswan.
The Aswan Governorate borders Qena Governorate to the north, Red Sea Governorate to the east, New Valley Governorate to the west, and Sudan’s Northern State to the south. It has a population of 1,394,687 (2014) and covers an area of 62,726 km².
| Population
(January 2023)
|
|
|---|---|
| • Total | 1,643,211 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 1,643,211. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name.
| Anglicized name | Native name | Arabic transliteration | Population (January 2023 Est.) |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Simbel | مركز أبو سمبل | Abū Simbil | 8,317 | Markaz |
| Aswan | مركز أسوان | Aswān | 73,387 | Markaz |
| Aswan 1 | قسم اول أسوان | Aswān 1 | 188,712 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Aswan 2 | قسم ثان أسوان | Aswān 2 | 208,408 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Daraw | مركز دراو | Daraw | 151,380 | Markaz |
| Edfu | مركز أدفو | Idfū | 499,577 | Markaz |
| Kom Ombo | مركز كوم امبو | Kawm Umbū | 418,006 | Markaz |
| New Aswan | مدينة أسوان الجديدة | Madīnat Aswān al-Jadīdah | 118 | New City |
| New Tushka | مدينة توشكى الجديدة | Madīnat Tūshka al-Jadīdah | New City | |
| Nasr | مركز نصر | Naṣr | 95,306 | Markaz |