Sharm El Sheikh

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Sharm El Sheikh

Total population

38,478

Elevation1 m

Coordinates27.86°, 34.30°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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. Its population is approximately 77,000 as of 2017. Sharm El Sheikh is the administrative hub of Egypt's South Sinai Governorate, which includes the smaller coastal towns of Dahab and Nuweiba as well as the mountainous interior, St. Catherine and Mount Sinai.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Matruh

• Ghard Mubarak
  333.6 mi away
• Qaret al Faras
  419.3 mi away
• Al Maktilah
  548.7 mi away
• Westby
  6545.4 mi away
• Whitetail
  6573.2 mi away
• Homestead
  6583.4 mi away
• Culbertson
  6598.3 mi away
• Wolf Point
  6631.2 mi away
• Prairie Elk Colony
  6639.8 mi away
• Vida
  6642 mi away
• Whitewater
  6644 mi away
• Sleeping Buffalo
  6657.8 mi away

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Sharm El Sheikh, sourced from Wikidata.

• 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference

  recurring event edition

  27th climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

  Nov 6, 2022
• 3-Cushion World Cup 2019-7

  sporting event

  Dec 8, 2019

Source: Wikidata (CC0).