Sinai Travel Guide

Sinai Travel Guide

Mount of sinai

The Sinai Peninsula is the only part of Egypt that everything belongs to Asia continent except Africa Egypt Sinai terqueza earth, the scene of the battles of the kings of ancient Egypt. It is a peninsula between the 2 and Aqaba gulfs Suez.500 km east of Cairo, total area reaches 62,000 km, its population reaching 460,000 people. 75% of the population belong to the livestock and all are Bedouins (nomads) their language is Arabic but with a different dialect. The peninsula is 200 km from east to west and 400 from north to south.

Monastery of Santa Catalina

Since the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, Sinai has become a tourist destination due to its natural setting, rich coral reefs, and biblical history. The most popular tourist destination in Sinai are Mount Sinai (Jabal Musa) and the Monastery of Santa Catalina, which is considered the world's oldest Christian monastery, and the beaches of Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab, Nuweiba and Taba. Most tourists come to Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, through Eilat, Israel and the Taba Border Crossing, by train or bus from Cairo or by Ferry from Aqaba in Jordan.

Most of the Sinai Peninsula is divided among two Egyptian governorates, or provinces, called Ganub Sina (South Sinai) and Shamal Sina (North Sinai). Three other governorates cross the Suez Canal, crossing into African Egypt. el-Sewais (Suez) is at the southern end of the Suez Canal, el-Isma'ileyyah in the center, and Port Said in the north.

Approximately 66,500 people live in Ganub Sina and 314,000 live in Shamal Sina. Port Said itself has a population of about 500,000 people. Some parts of the town of el-and-Suweis Isma'ileyyah live in Sinai, while the rest live on the western side of the Suez Canal. The combined population of these two counties is approximately 1.3 million (only a part of that population live in the Sinai, while the rest live on the western side of the Suez Canal). Sinai is one of the coldest provinces in Egypt because of its high altitudes and mountainous topographies. Winter temperatures in some of Sinai's cities and towns reach -16 ° C (3 ° F
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