Saint Catherine

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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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saint Catherine canonical 7
Agia Aikaterine (Saint Catherine) 1
Aikaterine 1

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
surface form: Saint Catherine’s Monastery complex
hasNearbyAttraction Mount Sinai
Saint Catherine’s Monastery
hasOutdoorActivity hiking
mountain trekking
religious pilgrimage
hasPilgrimageRouteTo Mount Sinai
surface form: Mount Sinai summit
hasProtectedArea Saint Catherine Protectorate
hasReligiousSite Saint Catherine’s Monastery
mosques
hasViewOf Mount Sinai
heritageDesignation Saint Catherine’s Monastery
surface form: 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 Peninsula
surface form: Sinai
religiousSignificance Christianity
Islam
Judaism
roadAccessFrom Dahab
El Arish
surface form: Nuweiba

Sharm El Sheikh
terrain mountainous
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
tourismType pilgrimage tourism
religious tourism
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext Saint Catherine’s Monastery
surface form: Saint Catherine Area (Monastery and surrounding region)

Referenced by (10)

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

Sinai Peninsula contains Saint Catherine
Catherine derivedFrom Saint Catherine
this entity surface form: Aikaterine
Catherine associatedWith Saint Catherine
this entity surface form: Saint Catherine of Alexandria
South Sinai Governorate contains Saint Catherine
South Sinai Governorate hasTown Saint Catherine
Jebel Musa near Saint Catherine
Sinai desert contains Saint Catherine
subject surface form: Sinai Desert
Aikaterine relatedName Saint Catherine
this entity surface form: Agia Aikaterine (Saint Catherine)
Gabal Katrinah locatedNear Saint Catherine
Gabal Katrinah nearestSettlement Saint Catherine