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 Port Ghālib yacht harbor | |
| Red Sea Governorate محافظة البحر الأحمر | |
| Capital | el-Ghurdaqa, Hurghada |
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| Residents | 359.888 (2017) |
| surface | 120,000 km² |
| Post Code | 84xxx |
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| prefix | 20 (0)65 |
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| website | www.redsea.gov.eg |
| no tourist info on Wikidata: | |
| location | |
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The egyptian Governorate Red Sea or el-Bahr el-Ahmar (Arabic:محافظة البحر الأحمر, Muḥāfaẓat al-Baḥr al-aḥmar) is in the eastern part of the Arabian desert. It borders the governorate to the north Sue, to the east on the coast of Red sea, in the south to the Sudan and in the west to the governorates Aswan, Luxor, Qinā, Sōhāg, Asyūṭ, el-Minyā and Beni Suef. The administrative center is el-Ghurdaqa (Hurghada).
Regions
- The coast of the Red sea is a popular recreational area.
- The hinterland is the Arabian desert.
places
Most of the places are on the Red Sea coast.
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Red Sea Governorate site map
- 1 Ras Gharib (also Ras Ghareb) - industrial city with oil production
- 2 El Gouna - artificial holiday development
- 3 Hurghada - Capital of the governorate Red Sea and the most important resort on the coast.
- 4 Sahl hashish - artificial holiday development
- 5 Makadi Bay - artificial holiday development
- 6 Sharm en Naqa (also Sharm / Sharm el-Naga) - artificial holiday settlement
- 7 Soma Bay - artificial holiday development
- 8 Abu Soma - artificial holiday development
- 9 Safaga - Port city and holiday complex
10 el-Quseir - Port city and holiday complex- 11 Coraya Bay - artificial holiday development
- 12 Port Ghalib - artificial holiday development and marina
- 13 Marsa Alam - Village and artificial holiday development
- 14 Hamata - Village and artificial holiday development
- 15 Berenike - Port location
- 16 Shalātīn - Southernmost place on the coast. He has so far been spared the blessings of tourism.
Other goals
- 1 Monastery of St. Antony - Coptic monastery from early Christian times.
- 2 Monastery of St. Paul - Coptic monastery from early Christian times.
- 3 Mons Claudianus - Ancient Roman quarry for quartz diorite, ancient workers' settlement.
- 4 Mons Porphyrites - Ancient Roman quarry for porphyry, especially the red imperial porphyry.
- 5 Umm el-Ḥuweiṭāt - Abandoned miners' settlement.
- 6 Wādī-el-Gimāl-Ḥamāṭa National Park - National park between Marsā ʿAlam and Ḥamāṭa.
- 7 ʿElba sanctuary.
background
getting there
By plane
Airports:
- 1 Hurghada International Airport
(IATA: HRG), - 2 Marsa Alam International Airport(IATA: RMF)
- 3 Berenice International Airport
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
holiday
The governorate national day is celebrated on January 22nd.
