Industrial Development in Aswan

Administrative Division:
Aswan Governorate is divided into five centers (the city of Aswan, the
capital ‐ Kom Ombo ‐ Draw ‐ Nasr El Nuba ‐ Edfu)
The Center of Aswan
The city of Aswan is the capital of the governorate of Aswan which is the
southern door for Egypt, located on the east bank of the Nile at the First
Cataract of the Nile with a population of 200.000 people
and generally Aswan has a dry weather for example, no rain falls in
the last six years of 1995.2001 therefore it is not usual to roof some of
the rooms of the Nubian village homes.
The center of Kom Ombo
The Population is about 674.6 thousand people and a total area
is2866 km 2 or about 8.28% of the area with a length of
45 km along the Nile and its width is about 15 km because the center is
new founded in 1901.
Population
The city of Kom Ombo has about half million people divided into two
halves , the main indigenous people, who are living on the banks of the
Nile and called the western line. The second half of the population, who
are moved to the town of Kom Ombo to work at the Sugar Factory or for
trade in the big market, which is located in the city center.
The most important village local units of Kom Ombo:
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