Gharib Cape

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Gharib Cape

Total population

32,318

Elevation16 m

Coordinates28.36°, 33.08°

Demographic figures from CAPMAS (Egypt). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Ra's Ghareb is the northernmost of the markazes (municipalities) in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, situated on the African side of the Gulf of Suez. It has an area of 10,464.46 km². At the 2006 Egyptian national census, the population numbered 32,369. It is one of the leading centers of petroleum production in Egypt, having housed the main operations for first the Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields Ltd and then the Egyptian national petroleum company. For a time it was the capital of the Red Sea Governorate.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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  461.3 mi away
• Hadrobah Cape
  491.8 mi away
• Zók
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• Ishimbay
  2088.3 mi away · pop. 64,041
• Minuim
  5425.7 mi away
• Juá
  5431.3 mi away
• Coronel João Sá
  5433.4 mi away · pop. 17,056
• Barra do Tarrachil
  5441.6 mi away
• Salgado do Melão
  5441.7 mi away
• Chorrochó
  5454 mi away · pop. 10,579
• Ponta de Itabatinga
  5459.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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