North Sinai Governorate
North Sinai is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the north-eastern part of the country, and encompasses the northern half of the Sinai Peninsula.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: governorate of Egypt with 451,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Also known as: “EG-SIN”, “Gouvernement Nordsinai”, “Governació de Sinaí del Nord”, “Governatorato del Sinai Settentrionale”, “gubernio Norda Sinajo”, “Guvernoratul Sinaiului de Nord”, “Muḥâfazet Shamâl Sînâ’”, “Noordelijke Sinai”, “Noordelijke Sinaï”, “North Sinai”, “Północny Synaj”, “Schamāl Sīnāʾ”, “Schimāl Sīnāʾ”, “Shamal sina‘”, “Shamāl Sīnā’”, “Shamāl Sīnāʼ”, “Sinai del Nord”, “Sinaí del nord”, “Sinai del Norte”, “Sinai iparraldea”, “Sinai Kaskazini”, “Sinai settentrionale”, “Sinai ya Kaskazini”, “Κυβερνείο Βόρειου Σινά”, “ჩრდილოეთ სინაი”, “ჩრდილოეთი სინაი”, “ჩრდილოეთი სინაის მუჰაფაზა”, “استان شمال سینا”, “استان شمال سیناء”, “شمال سينا”, “उत्तर सीनाई गवर्नरेट”, “노스 시나이 주”, “노스시나이 주”, “북부 시나이 주”, “북시나이 주”, and “シャーマルシーナ県”
North Sinai Governorate
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.5° or 30° 30′ north
Longitude
33.7° or 33° 42′ east
Population
451,000
Elevation
269 metres (883 feet)
UN/LOCODE
EG SSI
Open location code
8G2MGM2X+2X
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“North Sinai Governorate” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሰሜን ሲናይ”
- Arabic: “شمال سيناء”
- Arabic: “محافظة شمال سيناء”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Սինայ”
- Asturian: “Sinaí del Norte”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimali Sina mühafəzəsi”
- Basque: “Sinai iparraldeko gobernadore-herria”
- Belarusian: “Паўночны Сынай”
- Bengali: “নর্থ সিনাই গভর্নোরেট”
- Bosnian: “Sjeverni Sinaj”
- Bulgarian: “Северен Синай”
- Catalan: “governació del Sinaí del Nord”
- Catalan: “Governació del Sinaí del Nord”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Shamāl Sīnā‘”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Shamāl Sīnā’”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای باکووری سینا”
- Chinese: “北西奈省”
- Czech: “Severní Sinaj”
- Danish: “Shamal Sina‘”
- Danish: “Shamal Sina’”
- Dutch: “Noord-Sinaï”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة شمال سينا”
- Esperanto: “provinco Norda Sinajo”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Norda Sinajo”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Siinai kubernerkond”
- Finnish: “Šamal Sina‘”
- Finnish: “Šamal Sina’”
- French: “Gouvernorat du Sinaï Nord”
- French: “Sinaï Nord”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ სინაის მუჰაფაზა”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ სინის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “Gouvernement Schimal Sina”
- German: “Nordsinai”
- German: “Schimal Sina”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Βορείου Σινά”
- Gujarati: “નોર્થ સિનાઇ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hausa: “Arewa Sinay”
- Hebrew: “מחוז צפון סיני”
- Hebrew: “צפון סיני”
- Hindi: “उत्तर सीनाई मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Sinai Utara”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Syamal Sina‘”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Shíonáí Thuaidh”
- Italian: “Governatorato del Sinai del Nord”
- Japanese: “北シナイ県”
- Javanese: “Sinai Saduluran”
- Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಸಿನೈ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Kazakh: “Түндік Синай”
- Kirghiz: “Түндүк Синай”
- Korean: “샤말시나주”
- Latin: “Sinai Septentrionalis”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļsīnāja muhāfaza”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļu Sinajas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Sinajaus muchafaza”
- Macedonian: “Северен Синај”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Sinai Utara”
- Malay: “North Sinai Governorate”
- Marathi: “नॉर्थ सिनाई गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Sinai Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Shamal Sina‘”
- Norwegian: “Guvernementet Nord-Sinai”
- Oromo: “Kaaba Sinay”
- Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰ ਸਿਨਾਈ”
- Persian: “استان سینای شمالی”
- Polish: “Synaj Północny”
- Portuguese: “Sinai do Norte”
- Pushto: “شمالي سيناء”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Sinaiul de Nord”
- Romanian: “Shamal Sina‘”
- Romanian: “Sinaiul de Nord”
- Russian: “Северный Синай”
- Scots: “North Sinai Govrenorate”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Shinài a Tuath”
- Serbian: “Северни Синај”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni Sinaj (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni Sinaj”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු සිනයි පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Severni Sinaj”
- Somali: “Waqooyi Saynay”
- South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی سینا اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Sinaí del Norte”
- Spanish: “Sinaí del Norte”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Sinai Kaskazini”
- Swedish: “Norra Sinai”
- Swedish: “Sina ash-Shamaliyya”
- Tajik: “Синои Шимолӣ”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு சினாய் கோவெர்னோரே”
- Tatar: “Төньяк Синай”
- Telugu: “నార్త్ సినాయి గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการชะมาลซีนาอ์”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Sina”
- Ukrainian: “Північний Синай”
- Urdu: “محافظہ شمالی سینا”
- Uzbek: “Shimoliy Sinay muhofazasi”
- Uzbek: “Shimoliy Sinay”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Bắc Sinai”
- Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan nga Sinai”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ اتلا سینائی”
- Wu Chinese: “北西奈省”
- Zulu: “North Sinai Governorate”
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