Dikla
Dikla was an Israeli settlement in the northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War, until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in 1982 as part of the terms of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: former Israeli settlement
- Also known as: “Nahal Diqla” and “Naẖal Diqla”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheikh Zuweid and Yamit.
Sheikh Zuweid
Town
Sheikh Zuweid is a Bedouin town in the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt near the border with the Gaza Strip. It is situated between the cities of Arish and Rafah and is 334 kilometers northeast of Cairo. It had a population of around 60,000 as of 2015.
Yamit
Locality
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Yamit was an Israeli settlement in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula with a population of about 2,500 people. Yamit was established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in April 1982, as part of the terms of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty. Yamit is situated 7 km northeast of Dikla.
Dikla
- Categories: former settlement and Nahal settlement
- Location: North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Dikla” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ديكلا”
- Catalan: “Dikla”
- Czech: “Dikla”
- Hebrew: “דקלה (סיני)”
- Hebrew: “דקלה”
- Japanese: “シナイ・ディクラ”
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