UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (UAR) - Egypt

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (UAR) - Egypt.

Definitive stamps.
Sadd el-Ali Dam in the Nile River, Aswan.
Fifth stamp in a set of 12, issued on 01.01.1964.
Face value: 5 milliemes of Egyptian pound.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 30 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 721b.
- Scott No. 604a,
- StampWorld No. 193.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 773.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 582.

The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is the largest embankment dam in the world, which was built on the course of the Nile River in Aswan Governorate. It was built between 1960 and 1970. The dam became a key government target after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 and has had a significant effect on Egypt's economy and culture. The dimensions of the work are: 111 m (364 ft) high, 3,830 m (12,570 ft) long, and 980 m (3,220 ft) wide at the base. The reservoir, called Lake Nasser, is 500 km (310 miles) long and 35 km (22 miles) at its widest, covering an area of 5,250 km2 (2,030 square miles). A part of the lake is located on the territory of Sudan, where it is called Lake Nubia. Lake Nasser flooded much of lower Nubia and between 100,000 and 120,000 people were resettled in Sudan and Egypt. 22 monuments and architectural complexes that were threatened by the lake, including the temples of Abu Simbel, were preserved by moving them to the banks as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign. The Egyptian countryside benefited from the Dam through improved irrigation and electrification. The Aswan Dam was designed by the Moscow-based Hydroproject Institute.