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Location:
Africa,
Egypt, Sharm El Sheik
Category:
Sea / Coastal view
Description:
View of the Al Pasha beach
and coast on the Red Sea
Location Information:
Sharm
el-Sheikh is a city situated on the
southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula,
in South Sinai Governorate, Egypt,
on the coastal strip between the Red
Sea and Mount Sinai with a
population of approximately 35,000
(2008).
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, Saint Catherine's
Monastery and Mount Sinai. Sharm
el-Sheikh is known as The City of
Peace referring to the large number
of international peace conferences
that have been held there. It was
known Sharm-üş Şeyh as (Sharm ush-Sheikh,
"Beard of Sheikh" in Arabic) during
Ottoman rule and was known as Ofira
during Israeli occupation between
1967-1982. Sharm el-Sheikh was
formerly a port, but commercial
shipping has been greatly reduced as
the result of strict environmental
laws introduced in the 1990s. Until
1982, there was only a military port
in Sharm el-Sheikh, on the northern
part of Marsa Bareka. The civilian
port development started in the mid
1980s when the Sharem-al-Maya bay
became the city's main yacht and
service port.
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