The Dam is 111m high, 3.5-km long , and around 1 km wide, which places it among the major tourist attractions of Aswan. The reservoir behind it, Lake Nasser, extends around 450 km south. The Dam was completed in 1971, and ever since, no floods have occurred and the harvest yield has increased by 30 percent. It did have drawbacks, however, such as the 120,000 Nubians that lost their homes and had to resettle somewhere else. This massive structure might be worth a brief visit.
Admission is free.