El Qoseir is a city in eastern Egypt on the Red Sea coast, populated for approximately 5,000 years. Its ancient Egyptian name was Tjau, and during the Ptolemaic era it was known by the Greek name Myos Hormos; historically it served as the endpoint of the Wadi Hammamat trail, an important route linking Egypt to the Red Sea.
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Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude26.109072 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. El Qoseir (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 24,344 (2006)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 26.109072, longitude 34.275997
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 21 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 24344 (2006)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Al Quşayr - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 23 m
3. El Qoseir (Wikipedia)
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El Qoseir (Arabic: القصير, romanized: el-Qoṣēr, pronounced [elʔoˈsˤeːɾ]) is a city in eastern Egypt, located on the Red Sea west coast.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 26.25, 34.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 26.25, 34.25
26.25 34.25 BWh
5. GeoNames: Al Quşayr - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 360531Quote, cities500 record 360531
26.10611 34.27716 P PPL EG 02 24653 23 Africa/Cairo
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