South Sinai Governorate

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administrative division governorate

South Sinai Governorate is an administrative region in Egypt encompassing the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula, known for its Red Sea resorts, desert landscapes, and religious sites such as Mount Sinai and Saint Catherine.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
southern Sinai Peninsula	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ governorate ⓘ
borders	Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ Gulf of Suez ⓘ Ismailia Governorate ⓘ North Sinai Governorate ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ Red Sea Governorate ⓘ Suez Governorate ⓘ
capital	El Tor ⓘ
contains	Dahab ⓘ Mount Sinai ⓘ Nuweiba ⓘ Ras Mohammed National Park ⓘ Saint Catherine ⓘ Sharm El Sheikh ⓘ
containsDesert	Sinai desert ⓘ surface form: Sinai Desert
country	Egypt ⓘ
governedBy	Governor of South Sinai ⓘ
hasCity	Dahab ⓘ El Tor ⓘ Nuweiba ⓘ Sharm El Sheikh ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ Gulf of Suez ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ
hasMountain	Mount Catherine ⓘ Mount Sinai ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Ras Mohammed National Park ⓘ Saint Catherine Protectorate ⓘ surface form: St. Catherine Protectorate
hasReligiousSite	Mount Sinai ⓘ Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ surface form: Saint Catherine Monastery
hasTown	Saint Catherine ⓘ
knownFor	Red Sea resorts ⓘ desert landscapes ⓘ diving and snorkeling ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
locatedIn	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
partOf	Egypt ⓘ surface form: Arab Republic of Egypt Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egyptian Eastern Desert region
religion	Islam ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ UTC+2 ⓘ
tourismType	adventure tourism ⓘ coastal tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Sinai Governorate → borders → South Sinai Governorate ⓘ

Dahab → locatedIn → South Sinai Governorate ⓘ

Mount Catherine → locatedIn → South Sinai Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Sinai Peninsula

Mount Catherine → locatedIn → South Sinai Governorate ⓘ

Saint Catherine → locatedIn → South Sinai Governorate ⓘ

Sharm El Sheikh → locatedIn → South Sinai Governorate ⓘ

Taba → locatedIn → South Sinai Governorate ⓘ

Sinai Peninsula → region → South Sinai Governorate ⓘ