Sabkhat ash Shaykh

Sabkhat ash Shaykh is a sabkha in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt. Sabkhat ash Shaykh is situated nearby to the locality Ḩayy Abū Khawwār, as well as near the town Sheikh Zuweid.

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 9 km northeast of Sabkhat ash Shaykh.

Sabkhat ash Shaykh

Type: Sabkha
Also known as: “Sabkhet el-Sheikh” and “Sebkhat el-Sheikh”
Category: landform
Location: North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

31.21998° or 31° 13′ 12″ north

Longitude

34.09369° or 34° 5′ 37″ east

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

8G3P639V+XF

GeoNames ID

349501

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Localities in the Area

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