Protected areas in Egypt - Schutzgebiete in Ägypten

Since 1983 in Egypt numerous protected areas of various types have been designated. The basis for this is Act 102 from 1983, which defines the demarcation and management of the designated areas.

Declared protected areas

number	Surname	Arabic name	Governorate	Year of announcement	Area in km²	Nature of the protected area	IUCN category	WDPA no.
1	Protected area Ras Mohammed including the islands Tīrān and Hanafir	‏محمية رأس محمد وجزيرتا تيران وصنافير‎	South Sinai	1983	850	National park, national heritage	II	9782
2	Protected area az-Zaraniq and al-Bardawīl-Salt marshland	‏محمية الزرانيق وسبخة البردويل‎	North Sinai	1985	230	Wetland sanctuary, bird sanctuary, biosphere reserve	IV	312966
3	Coastal reserve al-Aḥrāsh in Rafaḥ	‏منطقة الأحراش الساحلية برفح‎	North Sinai	1985	8	Nature reserve	Yes	313029
4	Nature reserve ʿElba / ʿIlba Protected Area Park	‏محميات علبة الطبيعي‎	Red Sea	1986	35.600	Resource Protection Area	VI	312977
5	Al-ʿUmaiyid Nature Reserve	‏محمية العميد الطبيعي‎	Maṭrūḥ	1986	700	Biosphere reserve	IV	12359
6	Protected area Sālūǧā-Island, Ghazāl-Island and smaller islands in between (First Nile Cataract)	‏محمية جزيرتا سالوجا وغزال والجزر الصغيرة بينهما (الشلال الأول)‎	Aswan	1986	>0,5	Wetland Conservation Area, Landscape Protection Area	V	13650
7	Protected area Ashtūm al-Ǧamīl and island Tinīs	‏محمية أشتوم الجميل وجزيرة تنيس‎	Port Said	1988	180	Wetland protection area, biotope protection, bird sanctuary	VI	312969
8	Protected area St. Catherine	‏محمية سانت كاترين‎	South Sinai	1988	5.750	World heritage, nature reserve	V	12363
9	Protected area Wādī al-ʿAllāqī	‏محمية وادي العلاقي‎	Aswan	1989	30.000	Desert protection area, biosphere reserve	VI	14895
10	Petrified Forest Reserve near al-Maʿādī	‏محمية الغابة المتحجرة بالمعادي‎	Cairo	1989	7	Geological reserve, national heritage	Yes	312964
11	Protected area al-Wādī al-Asyūṭī	‏محمية الوادي الأسيوطي‎	Asyūṭ	1989	35	Nature reserve, biotope protection	Yes	18771
12	Protected area Wādī ar-Raiyān (including Valley of the Whales)	‏محمية وادي الريان‎	el-Faiyūm	1989	1.759	Nature reserve, national natural heritage, world natural heritage	VI	30006
13	Protected area Qarun Lake	‏محمية بركة قارون‎	el-Faiyūm	1989	1.385	Wetland Conservation Area	VI	14899
14	Protected area Asana-Kuppelberg	‏محمية قبة الحسنة‎	el-Gīza	1989	1	Geological reserve	Yes	313379
15	Protected area Wādī Sannūr Cave	‏محمية كهف وادي سنور‎	Beni Suef	1992	12	Geological reserve, national heritage	Yes	313380
16	Protected area Nabq	‏محمية نبق‎	South Sinai	1992	600	Nature reserve, landscape protection area	VI	40977
17	Protected area Abū Ǧālūm	‏محمية أبو جالوم‎	South Sinai	1992	500	Landscape protection area, nature reserve	VI	40978
18	Protected area Ṭābā	‏محمية طابا‎	South Sinai	1998	3.595	Desert reserve, nature reserve	III	312963
19	Protected area al-Burullus lake	‏محمية البرلس‎	Kafr el-Sheikh	1998	460	Wetland protection area, biotope protection	VI	306581
20	Nile Islands Protected Area	‏محميات جزر نهر النيل‎	numerous(1)	1998	160	Wetland Conservation Area
21	Protected area Wādī Diǧla	‏محمية وادي دجلة‎	Cairo	1999	60	Desert landscape reserve, geological reserve	V	312975
22	Nature reserve Siwa	‏محمية سيوة الطبيعية‎	Maṭrūḥ	2002	7.800	Desert reserve, cultural heritage	VI	14900
23	Nature reserve White desert	‏محمية الصحراء البيضاء الطبيعية‎	New valley	2002	3.010	Desert protection area, landscape protection area	III	306592
24	Protected area Wādī el-Gimāl - Ḥamāṭa	‏محمية وادي الجمال- حماطة‎	Red Sea	2003	7.450	Desert reserve	II	306589
25	Northern Red Sea Islands Protected Area	‏محمية الجزر الشمالية للبحر الأحمر‎	Red Sea	2006	1.991	Nature reserve		555543022
26	Protected area al-Ǧilf al-kabīr	‏محمية الجلف الكبير‎	New valley	2007	48.523	National park, nature reserve		555543023
27	Protected area al-Dabābīya	‏محمية الدبابية‎	Qinā	2007	1	Geological reserve		555543024
28	Protected area as-Sallūm	‏محمية السلوم‎	Maṭrūḥ	2010	383	Marine reserve		555543026
29	Protected area al-Wāḥāt al-Baḥrīya	‏محمية الواحات البحرية‎	el-Gīza	2010	109	Nature reserve		555543025
30	Protected area Gebel Kāmil Meteor Crater	‏محمية نيزك جبل كامل‎	New valley	2012		Landscape protection area

(1) Aswan, Qinā, Sōhāg, Asyūṭ, al-Minyā, Beni Suef, al-Gīza, Cairo, al-Qalyūbīya, al-Minūfīya, al-Gharbīya, Kafr el-Sheikh, ad-Daqahlīya and Dumyāṭ.

Protected areas in planning

The following areas are to be designated as protected areas in the future:

Surname	Arabic name	Governorate	Area in km²	Nature of the protected area	WDPA no.
Protected area al-Quṣaima	‏القصيمة‎	North Sinai	400		555543038
Protected area al-Maghara	‏المغارة‎	North Sinai	900		555543035
Protected area Raʾs al-Hikma	‏رأس الحكمة‎	Maṭrūḥ	150		555543030
Protected area ash-Shuwaila	‏الشويلة‎	Western desert (Maṭrūḥ)	225		555543029
Protected area al-Qaṣr	‏القصر‎	New valley	3.700		555543028
Protected area Wādī Ǧīrāfī	‏وادي جيرافي‎	North Sinai	1.100		555543039
Protected area al-Qaṭṭāra depression	‏منخفض القطارة‎	Maṭrūḥ	22.900		555543027
Protected area Umm al-Ghizlān	‏أم الغزلان‎	Red Sea
Protected area al-Ǧalāla al-Qiblīya	‏الجلالة القبلية‎	Red Sea	4.300		555543037
Saltworks reserve Raʾs Shuqair	‏ملاحة رأس شقير‎	Red Sea	75		555543033
Protected area Wādī Qinā	‏وادي قنا‎	Red Sea	5.900		555543036
Protected area Umm ad-Dabādīb	‏أم الدباديب‎	New valley	2.300		555543031
Protected area Karkur and Dunqul	‏كركر ودنقل‎	New valley	4.300		555543032
Protected area Ǧabal Shāʾib al-Banāt	‏جبل الشائب البنات‎	Red Sea	4.300		555543034
Great Reefs of the Red Sea Protected Area	‏شعاب البحر الأحمر العظيم‎	Red Sea	1.500

Explanations

• WPDA: World Database on Protected Areas
• IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• IUCN category Ia: Strict nature reserve / wilderness area
• IUCN Category Ib: Wilderness Area
• IUCN Category II: National Park
• IUCN category III: natural monument or natural phenomenon
• IUCN Category IV: Biotope / Species Protection Area with Management
• IUCN Category V: Protected Landscape / Protected Marine Region
• IUCN Category VI: Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources

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• Natural Protectorates Description (Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, in English)
• عن المحميات الطبيعية (Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, in Arabic)
• Protected Areas in Egypt, IUCN classification
• Ibrahim, Fouad N.; Ibrahim, Barbara: Egypt: geography, history, economy, politics. Darmstadt: Knowledge Buchges., 2006, ISBN 978-3-534-17420-1 , Pp. 15-17.
• Natural parks in Africa