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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: governorate of Egypt with 117,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Also known as: “Janūb Sīnā’”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Janūb Sīnā’”, and “South Sinai Governorate”
South Sinai
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“South Sinai” goes by many names.
- 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”
- Bulgarian: “Южносинайска област”
- Catalan: “governació del Sinaí del Sud”
- Catalan: “Governació del Sinaí del Sud”
- Catalan: “Sinaí del sud”
- Cebuano: “South Sinai Governorate”
- Chinese: “Lâm Sinai Séng”
- Chinese: “南西奈省”
- Croatian: “Južni Sinaj”
- Czech: “Jižní Sinaj”
- Danish: “Janub Sina‘”
- Danish: “Janub Sina’”
- Dutch: “Zuid-Sinaï”
- Dutch: “Zuidelijke Sinai”
- Dutch: “Zuidelijke Sinaï”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة جنوب سينا”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Suda Sinajo”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Siinai kubernerkond”
- Finnish: “Janub Sina’”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Sinaï Sud”
- French: “Gouvernorat du Sinaï Sud”
- French: “Sinaï Sud”
- Galician: “Sinaí do Sur”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთ სინაი”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთ სინაის მუჰაფაზა”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთ სინის მუჰაფაზა”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთი სინაი”
- German: “Dschanub Sina”
- German: “Dschanūb Sīnāʾ”
- German: “EG-JS”
- German: “Gouvernement Dschanub Sina”
- German: “Südsinai”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Νοτίου Σινά”
- Gujarati: “સાઉથ સિનાઇ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “דרום סיני”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण सीनाई गवर्नरेट”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण सीनाई मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Hungarian: “Dél-Sínai kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Janub Sina‘”
- Indonesian: “Janub Sina”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Sinai Selatan”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Shíonáí Theas”
- Italian: “Governatorato del Sinai del Sud”
- Italian: “Governatorato del Sinai Meridionale”
- Italian: “Janub Sina‘”
- Italian: “Sinai del Sud”
- Italian: “Sinai meridionale”
- Japanese: “ジャヌーブシーナー県”
- Japanese: “南シナイ県”
- Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ ಸಿನೈ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “남부 시나이 주”
- Korean: “남시나이 주”
- Korean: “사우스 시나이 주”
- Korean: “사우스시나이 주”
- Korean: “자누브시나주”
- Latin: “Dschanub Sina”
- Latin: “Ǧanūb Sīnā”
- Latin: “Sinai Australis”
- Latvian: “Dienvidsīnāja muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Sinajaus muchafaza”
- Macedonian: “Јужен Синај”
- Malay: “Janub Sina‘”
- 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”
- Persian: “استان جنوب سینا”
- Persian: “استان جنوب سیناء”
- Persian: “استان سینای جنوبی”
- Polish: “Południowy Synaj”
- Polish: “Synaj Południowy”
- Portuguese: “Janub sina‘”
- Portuguese: “Sinai do Sul”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Sinaiul de Sud”
- Romanian: “Janub Sina‘”
- Russian: “Южный Синай”
- Scots: “Sooth Sinai Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “South Sinai Governorate”
- Serbian: “Јужни Синај”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južni Sinaj (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južni Sinaj”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු සිනයි පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Južni Sinaj”
- Slovenian: “Južni Sinaj”
- South Azerbaijani: “جنوبی سینا اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Sinaí del Sur”
- Spanish: “Sinai del Sur”
- Spanish: “Sinaí del Sur”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Sinai Kusini”
- Swahili: “Sinai Kusini”
- Swahili: “Sinai ya Kusini”
- Swedish: “Sina al-Janubiyya”
- Swedish: “Södra Sinai”
- Tamil: “தெற்கு சினாய் கோவெர்னோரே”
- Tatar: “Көньяк Синай”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ సినాయి గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการญะนูบซีนาอ์”
- Turkish: “Güney Sina”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Синай”
- Urdu: “محافظہ جنوبی سینا”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Nam Sinai”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Sinai”
- Waray (Philippines): “South Sinai”
- Western Panjabi: “محافظہ جنوبی سینا”
- Wu Chinese: “南西奈省”
- Zulu: “South Sinai Governorate”
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