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 .
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 457,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: Muḥâfazet Shamâl Sînâ’”, “North Sinai”, “Shamāl Sīnā’”, and “Shamāl Sīnāʼ

North Sinai Governorate

Latitude
30.5° or 30° 30′ north
Longitude
33.7° or 33° 42′ east
Population
457,000
Elevation
269 metres (883 feet)
United Nations Location Code
EG SSI
Open location code
8G2MGM2X+2X
Geo­Names ID
349401
Wiki­data ID
Q30662
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“North Sinai Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شمال سينا
  • Arabic: شمال سيناء
  • Arabic: محافظة شمال سيناء
  • Armenian: Հյուսիսային Սինայ
  • Asturian: Sinaí del Norte
  • Azerbaijani: Şimali Sina mühafəzəsi
  • Belarusian: Паўночны Сынай
  • Bengali: নর্থ সিনাই গভর্নোরেট
  • Bosnian: Sjeverni Sinaj
  • Bulgarian: Северен Синай
  • Catalan: Governació de Sinaí del Nord
  • Catalan: governació del Sinaí del Nord
  • Catalan: Governació del Sinaí del Nord
  • Catalan: Sinaí del nord
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at Shamāl Sīnā‘
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at Shamāl Sīnā’
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای باکووری سینا
  • Chinese: Pak Sinai Séng
  • Chinese: 北西奈省
  • Czech: Severní Sinaj
  • Danish: Shamal Sina‘
  • Danish: Shamal Sina’
  • Dutch: Noord-Sinaï
  • Dutch: Noordelijke Sinai
  • Dutch: Noordelijke Sinaï
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة شمال سينا
  • Esperanto: Provinco Norda Sinajo
  • Estonian: Põhja-Siinai kubernerkond
  • Finnish: Šamal Sina‘
  • Finnish: Šamal Sina’
  • French: Gouvernorat du Sinaï Nord
  • French: Sinaï Nord
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთ სინაი
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთ სინაის მუჰაფაზა
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთ სინის მუჰაფაზა
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი სინაი
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი სინაის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: EG-SIN
  • German: Gouvernement Nordsinai
  • German: Gouvernement Schimal Sina
  • German: Nordsinai
  • German: Schamāl Sīnāʾ
  • German: Schimal Sina
  • German: Schimāl Sīnāʾ
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Βορείου Σινά
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Βόρειου Σινά
  • Gujarati: નોર્થ સિનાઇ ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: מחוז צפון סיני
  • Hebrew: צפון סיני
  • Hindi: उत्तर सीनाई गवर्नरेट
  • Hindi: उत्तर सीनाई मुहाफ़ज़ाह
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Sinai Utara
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Syamal Sina‘
  • Irish: Gobharnóireacht Shíonáí Thuaidh
  • Italian: Governatorato del Sinai del Nord
  • Italian: Governatorato del Sinai Settentrionale
  • Italian: Sinai del Nord
  • Italian: Sinai settentrionale
  • Japanese: シャーマルシーナ県
  • Japanese: 北シナイ県
  • Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಸಿನೈ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 노스 시나이 주
  • Korean: 노스시나이 주
  • Korean: 북부 시나이 주
  • Korean: 북시나이 주
  • Korean: 샤말시나주
  • Latin: Schimāl Sīnāʾ
  • 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
  • Persian: استان سینای شمالی
  • Persian: استان شمال سینا
  • Persian: استان شمال سیناء
  • Polish: Północny Synaj
  • Polish: Synaj Północny
  • Portuguese: Shamal sina‘
  • Portuguese: Sinai do Norte
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Sinaiul de Nord
  • Romanian: Shamal Sina‘
  • Russian: Северный Синай
  • Scots: North Sinai Govrenorate
  • Serbian: North Sinai Governorate
  • Serbian: Северни Синај
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverni Sinaj (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverni Sinaj
  • Sinhala: උතුරු සිනයි පළාත
  • Slovenian: Guvernat Severni Sinaj
  • South Azerbaijani: قوزئی سینا اوستانی
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Sinaí del Norte
  • Spanish: Sinai del Norte
  • Spanish: Sinaí del Norte
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Sinai Kaskazini
  • Swahili: Sinai Kaskazini
  • Swahili: Sinai ya Kaskazini
  • Swedish: Sina ash-Shamaliyya
  • Tamil: வடக்கு சினாய் கோவெர்னோரே
  • Tatar: Төньяк Синай
  • Telugu: నార్త్ సినాయి గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการชะมาลซีนาอ์
  • Turkish: Kuzey Sina
  • Ukrainian: Північний Синай
  • Urdu: محافظہ شمالی سینا
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Bắc Sinai
  • Waray (Philippines): Amihanan nga Sinai
  • Waray (Philippines): North Sinai
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ اتلا سینائی
  • Wu Chinese: 北西奈省
  • Zulu: North Sinai Governorate

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