South Sinai
South Sinai is the least populated governorate of Egypt. It is located in the east of the country, encompassing the southern half of the Sinai Peninsula. Saint Catherine's Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery and renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in the central part of the governorate.
- Type: governorate of Egypt with 117,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Also known as: “Dschanūb Sīnāʾ”, “EG-JS”, “Ǧanūb Sīnā”, “Gouvernorat de Sinaï Sud”, “Governatorato del Sinai Meridionale”, “gubernio Ĝanub Sina‘”, “gubernio Suda Sinajo”, “Janub Sina”, “Janub sina‘”, “Janūb Sīnā’”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Janūb Sīnā’”, “Południowy Synaj”, “provinco Ĝanub Sina‘”, “Sinai del Sud”, “Sinaí del sud”, “Sinai del Sur”, “Sinai Kusini”, “Sinai meridionale”, “Sinai ya Kusini”, “South Sinai Governorate”, “Zuidelijke Sinai”, “Zuidelijke Sinaï”, “Южносинайска област”, “სამხრეთ სინაი”, “სამხრეთი სინაი”, “استان جنوب سینا”, “استان جنوب سیناء”, “남부 시나이 주”, “남시나이 주”, “사우스 시나이 주”, “사우스시나이 주”, and “ジャヌーブシーナー県”
South Sinai
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29° north
Longitude
33.8° or 33° 48′ east
Population
117,000
Elevation
1,284 metres (4,213 feet)
Open location code
7GXM2R22+22
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“South Sinai” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ደቡብ ሲናይ”
- Arabic: “جنوب سيناء”
- Arabic: “محافظة جنوب سيناء”
- Armenian: “Հարավային Սինայ”
- Asturian: “Sinaí del Sur”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Sina mühafəzəsi”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвы Сынай”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিন সিনাই গভর্নোরেট”
- Bosnian: “Južni Sinaj”
- Bulgarian: “Южен Синай”
- Catalan: “governació del Sinaí del Sud”
- Catalan: “Governació del Sinaí del Sud”
- Cebuano: “South Sinai Governorate”
- Chinese: “南西奈省”
- Croatian: “Južni Sinaj”
- Czech: “Jižní Sinaj”
- Danish: “Janub Sina‘”
- Danish: “Janub Sina’”
- Dutch: “Zuid-Sinaï”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة جنوب سينا”
- Esperanto: “provinco Suda Sinajo”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Suda Sinajo”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Siinai kubernerkond”
- Finnish: “Janub Sina’”
- French: “Gouvernorat du Sinaï Sud”
- French: “Sinaï Sud”
- Galician: “Sinaí do Sur”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთ სინაის მუჰაფაზა”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთ სინის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “Dschanub Sina”
- German: “Gouvernement Dschanub Sina”
- German: “Südsinai”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Νοτίου Σινά”
- Gujarati: “સાઉથ સિનાઇ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hausa: “Kudu Sinay”
- Hebrew: “דרום סיני”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण सीनाई प्रांत”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण सीनाई मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Hungarian: “Dél-Sínai kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Janub Sina‘”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Sinai Selatan”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Shíonáí Theas”
- Italian: “Governatorato del Sinai del Sud”
- Japanese: “南シナイ県”
- Javanese: “Sinai Kidul”
- Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ ಸಿನೈ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Синай”
- Kirghiz: “Өмүр жагалоо Синай”
- Korean: “자누브시나주”
- Latin: “Sinai Australis”
- Latvian: “Dienvidsīnāja muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Sinajaus muchafaza”
- Macedonian: “Јужен Синај”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Sinai Selatan”
- Malay: “Sinai Selatan”
- Marathi: “दक्षिण सिनाई गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Sinai Séng”
- Northern Luri: “هارگه سینا”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Janub Sina‘”
- Norwegian: “Guvernementet Sør-Sinai”
- Oromo: “Kibbaa Sinay”
- Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ ਸਿਨਾਈ”
- Persian: “استان سینای جنوبی”
- Polish: “Synaj Południowy”
- Portuguese: “Sinai do Sul”
- Pushto: “جنوبي سيناء”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Sinaiul de Sud”
- Romanian: “Janub Sina‘”
- Russian: “Южный Синай”
- Scots: “Sooth Sinai Govrenorate”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Shinài a Deas”
- Serbian: “Јужни Синај”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južni Sinaj (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južni Sinaj”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු සිනයි පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Južni Sinaj”
- Somali: “Koonfur Saynay”
- South Azerbaijani: “جنوبی سینا اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Sinaí del Sur”
- Spanish: “Sinaí del Sur”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Sinai Kusini”
- Swedish: “Sina al-Janubiyya”
- Swedish: “Södra Sinai”
- Tajik: “Синои Ҷанубӣ”
- Tamil: “தெற்கு சினாய் கோவெர்னோரே”
- Tatar: “Көньяк Синай”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ సినాయి గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการญะนูบซีนาอ์”
- Turkish: “Güney Sina”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Синай”
- Urdu: “محافظہ جنوبی سینا”
- Uzbek: “Janubiy Sinay muhofazasi”
- Uzbek: “Janubiy Sinay”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Nam Sinai”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Sinai”
- Western Panjabi: “محافظہ جنوبی سینا”
- Wu Chinese: “南西奈省”
- Zulu: “South Sinai Governorate”
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