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Start of Aswan High Dam Construction

Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1960Date range
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Chronological records

1960

Gamal Abdel Nasser9 January 1960

Aswan Dam · Government / Government of Egypt

Nasser inaugurates major construction work on the Aswan High Dam.

Names involved

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Provenance

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