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 Mountains in the area of the Mosesberg | |
| South Sinai Governorate محافظة جنوب سيناء | |
| Capital | Goal |
|---|---|
| Residents | 102.018 (2017) |
| surface | 31,272 km² |
| Post Code | 46xxx |
no postcode on Wikidata:  | |
| prefix | 20 (0)69 |
| no area code on Wikidata: | |
| website | www.southsinai.gov.eg |
| no tourist info on Wikidata: | |
| location | |
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The egyptian Governorate South Sinai or Ganub Sina (Arabic:محافظة جنوب سيناء, Muḥāfaẓat Ǧanūb Sīnā) is in the south of the Sinai Peninsula. It borders the governorate to the north North Sinai, in the east to the Gulf of Aqaba, in the west to the Gulf of Suez and in the northwest to the governorate Sue. The administrative center is eṭ-Ṭōr.
places
In the east of Sinai
- 1 Ṭābā - Border town.
- 2 Taba Heights - Resort south of Taba.
- 3 Nuweiba - resort.
- 4 Dahab - resort.
- 5 Sharm esch-Sheikh - The most famous resort of Sinai.
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In the west of the Sinai
- 6 Ras Sudr - tourist place.
- 7 et gate - the capital of the governorate.
- 8 Abu Radis (Arabic:أبو رديس, Abū Radīs)
- 9 Abu Zanima (Arabic:أبو زنيمة, Abū Zanīma)
Other goals
In the area of the east coast
- 2 Gazīrat Firʿaun (Pharaoh Island) - Sultan's fortress Saladin (1137/1138–1193)
3 Colored Canyon - Valley incision with colored sandstone rocks. On the way there, one usually crosses the oasis ʿAin el-Furṭāga. From the latter oasis you can also reach the Arched Canyon, the oasis Bir es-sawa and the Wadi Ghazala.
- 4 Marsā el-Marāch (also Fjord Bay or Fiord Bay), Bay seven kilometers north of Taba Heights and twelve kilometers south of Taba on Taba Road.
- 5 Devil's Spring(29 ° 25 ′ 21 ″ N.34 ° 49 '48 "E.), Arabic:عين الشيطان, ʿAin al-Shaiṭān, or Sun Lake, Arabic:بركة الشمس, Birkat asch-Schams, small salt lake 750 meters south of Marsā el-Marāch.
- 6 Wādī el-Wischwāschī(29 ° 9 ′ 41 ″ N.34 ° 38 '54 "E), also Viswashi Valley, Wishwashi Canyon, Arabic:وادي الوشواشي, Wādī al-Viswāschī - Narrow valley with small lakes, especially after rainfall. Branches from Wadi Milha.
- 7 Qalʿat Zamān - medieval citadel between Nuweiba and Taba Heights.
- 8 Wādī el-ʿAin
- Wādī Huweiyit
- 10 Wādī Mandar
- oasis 11 ʿAin Umm Aḥmad
- oasis 12 ʿAin Kid
- 14 Moses Mountain - A holy mountain for Jews, Christians and Muslims on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
- 16 Sinai Peace Junction - Landscape artwork by the Belgian artist Jean Vérame
- 17 Nabq nature reserve North of Sharm esch-Sheikh
- Bedouin settlement Sheikh Hamid. Nearby are the 18 el-Hadūda sand dune, Arabic:الهدودة, And the prehistoric archaeological site 19 Nawamis.
In the area of the west coast
- 22 Gulf of Suez
- 23 ʿUyūn Mūsā (Arabic:عيون موسى, „Moses sources"). Admission is LE 40, for foreign students LE 20 (as of 11/2019).
- 24 Ḥammām Mūsā (Moses bath)
- 25 Qalʿat el-Gindī - Fortress 50 kilometers northeast of Raʾs Sudrwhich was built under Sultan Saladin.
- 26 Ḥammām Firʿaun (Arabic:حمام فرعون, „Pharaoh bath“) At Ras Sudr
- 27 Sarabit el-Chadim - archaeological site. In the vicinity of Serabit el-Chadim there is the column forest (Forest of Pillars, 15 kilometers northeast of Serabit), the graves of Sheikh Girai and Sheikh Suleiman Nafa'i, the Bir Nasib spring and the Umm Bugma mine, the Gebel Maghara mountain and the Wadi Mukattab.
Inside the Sinai
- 28 El-Ain el-Chadrāʾ oasis (also el-ʿAin el-Chudrāʾ / el-Khudrāʾ, green spring), accessible from Nuweiba.
- 29 Gebel Ṣabbāgh (2266 meters)
- 30 Gebel Sirbal (2070 meters, near the Feiran oasis)
- 31 Gebel Umm Schaumar (2586 meters)
- 32 Ra's el-Qalb (999 meters)
- 33 Wādī el-Arba'in
- 34 Wādī and Feirān oasis, Arabic:وادي فيران
- 35 Tomb of Nabī Ṣalāḥ
background
getting there
visa
To stay in South Sinai, as in all of Egypt, you need a visa.
The coastal strip of Ṭābā in the north up Old Sharm in the south including the Catherine's Monastery As a result of the Egyptian-Israeli peace negotiations, over Ṭābā or Sharm esch-Sheikh for the stay in the coastal strip only the free so-called small or Sinai visa, which is noted as a stamp “Sinai only” in the passport and cannot later be converted into a nationally valid visa. For excursions e.g. to the Raʾs Muḥammad National Park or for the onward journey into the interior of the country, you always need a nationwide, so-called large visa. You can get it for US $ 25 upon entry at the airport. Visa extensions are only available in the governorate capital eṭ-Ṭōr issued.
By plane
- 1 Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport
(IATA: SSH) - 2 Taba International Airport(IATA: TCP)
- The 3 St. Catherine International Airport(IATA: SKV) is de facto unused.
By car
The Sinai Peninsula can be accessed from mainland Egypt el-Qanṭara or via the Aḥmad-Ḥamdī tunnel (Arabic:نفق الشهيد أحمد حمدي, Nafaq al-Shahid Aḥmad Ḥamdī, „Martyrs Aḥmad Ḥamdī tunnel") At Sue can be achieved. Aḥmad Ḥamdī was a general in the Egyptian army who was responsible for crossing the Suez Canal fell during the Yom Kippur War. Car ferries also operate in Port Said, Sue and north of Ismailia on the Suez Canal.
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
- water sports
- Mountain hiking and safaris
- Quad rides
holiday
On March 19, the governorate national day, the Egyptian flag is raised in Ṭābā commemorated on March 19, 1989. Sinai was returned to Egypt in 1982. After a lengthy border dispute, Taba was not returned until 1989.
kitchen
nightlife
There is night life only in the tourist centers such as Sharm esch-Sheikh.
accommodation
Most hotels and holiday complexes only work with tour operators and are not prepared for walk-in customers.
security
The Federal Foreign Office generally advises overland trips in the country that are individually organized and not accompanied by state security forces South Sinai completely off. This also includes unaccompanied bus trips in the metropolitan area Sharm esch-Sheikh in the direction Nuweiba and Catherine's Monastery. With tour operators you can find out the times for the irregular escorted trips and convoys.
In South Sinai, tourists were occasionally detained by Bedouins.
