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After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
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Aswan Dam
Dam in Aswan, Egypt
The Aswan Dam, or Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built between 1960 and 1970 across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt. The project was developed by the military regime that took power following the 1952 Egyptian revolution, to better control…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Egypt
Country spanning Africa and Asia
Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)