Sharm El Sheikh is a city on the southern tip of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, administrative center of South Sinai Governorate on the Red Sea coast, with about 77,000 residents as of 2017. Once a fishing village and military outpost occupied by Israel during the 1956 Suez Crisis and again from 1967 to 1982, it was designated the City of Peace by President Hosni Mubarak in 1982 and developed into a major tourist destination, drawing more than 3 million visitors in 2024 for its warm climate and diving among some 250 coral reefs.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude27.851944 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Sharm El Sheikh - Wikipedia
Infobox, population_total
77,000
Infobox, population_as_of
2017
Infobox, area_total_km2
44.68
Infobox, elevation_m
1
Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (latitude component)
27.851944444444445,34.305
Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (longitude component)
27.851944444444445,34.305
Infobox: elevation_m
1
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Sharm El Sheikh, alternatively rendered Sharm el-Sheikh or Charm el Sheikh, is an Egyptian city located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea in Asia.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. 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 27.75, 34.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 27.75, 34.25
27.75 34.25 BWh
3. GeoNames: Sharm el-Sheikh - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 349340Quote, cities500 record 349340
27.91582 34.32995 P PPL EG 26 38478 11 Africa/Cairo
Wikidata: Sharm El Sheikh
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