Saint Catherine

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human settlement town

Saint Catherine is a town in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula best known as the gateway to Mount Sinai and the historic Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Aliases (2)
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement →
town →
administrativeDivision city →
climate desert climate →
continent Asia →
country Egypt →
elevation high-altitude town →
governorateCapitalOf Saint Catherine City Council area →
hasEconomicActivity small-scale agriculture →
tourism →
hasEthnicGroup Bedouin communities →
hasHeritageSite Saint Catherine’s Monastery →
hasMonument Saint Catherine’s Monastery complex →
hasNearbyAttraction Mount Sinai →
Saint Catherine’s Monastery →
hasOutdoorActivity hiking →
mountain trekking →
religious pilgrimage →
hasPilgrimageRouteTo Mount Sinai summit →
hasProtectedArea Saint Catherine Protectorate →
hasReligiousSite Saint Catherine’s Monastery →
mosques →
hasViewOf Mount Sinai →
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Saint Catherine’s Monastery) →
knownFor gateway to Mount Sinai →
proximity to Saint Catherine’s Monastery →
language Arabic →
locatedIn Sinai Peninsula →
South Sinai Governorate →
locatedOn Asian part of Egypt →
namedAfter Saint Catherine of Alexandria →
near Mount Sinai →
nearestMajorCity Sharm El Sheikh →
officialLanguage Arabic →
partOf Saint Catherine Protectorate →
region Sinai →
religiousSignificance Christianity →
Islam →
Judaism →
roadAccessFrom Dahab →
Nuweiba →
Sharm El Sheikh →
terrain mountainous →
timeZone Eastern European Time →
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time →
tourismType pilgrimage tourism →
religious tourism →
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext Saint Catherine Area (Monastery and surrounding region) →
Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sinai Peninsula →
South Sinai Governorate →
contains
Catherine ("Saint Catherine of Alexandria") →
associatedWith
Catherine ("Aikaterine") →
derivedFrom
South Sinai Governorate →
hasTown
Jebel Musa →
near
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