Aswan
/aˈswɑːn/- a city on the Nile in southern Egypt, 16 km (10 miles) north of Lake Nasser; pop. 266,000 (est. 2006). Two dams across the Nile have been built nearby. The controlled release of water from Lake Nasser behind the High Dam produces the greater part of Egypt's electricity.阿斯旺（埃及南部尼罗河畔的城市, 在纳赛尔水库以北16公里［10英里］处, 2006年估计人口266,000; 附近的尼罗河上建有两座水坝, 利用高坝后面的纳赛尔水库放水发电, 现为埃及主要的电力来源）。