Arish, also known as El-Arish, is the capital and largest city of the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt and the largest urban center on the Sinai Peninsula. It lies on the Mediterranean coast about 344 kilometers northeast of Cairo and 45 kilometers from the Egypt-Gaza border, at the mouth of the seasonal watercourse Wadi al-Arish. In antiquity and the early medieval period the city was known by the Greek name Rinokoroura. As of 2023 it had a population of 204,391 across an area of about 308 square kilometers.
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1. Arish (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 204,391 (2020)
2. Arish (Wikipedia)
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Arish or El-Arish (Egyptian Arabic: العريش, romanized: al-ʿArīš, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [elʕæˈɾiːʃ]) is the capital and largest city of the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt, as well as the largest city on the Sinai Peninsula, lying on the Mediterranean coast 344 kilometres (214 mi) northeast of Cairo and 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of the Egypt-Gaza border.
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- In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. 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 31.25, 33.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.25, 33.75
31.25 33.75 BWh
4. GeoNames: Arīsh - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 361546, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 361546, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
31.13159 33.79844 P PPLA EG 27 199243 15 Africa/Cairo
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