Bîr el-‘Eshsha

Bîr el-‘Eshsha is a well in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt. Bîr el-‘Eshsha is situated nearby to the destroyed locality Rafah Yam, as well as near the locality Al Qaryah as Suwaydīyah.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rafah.

Rafah

Ruins

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Rafah is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip, Palestine. It is the capital of Rafah center in North Sinai Governorate, and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Rafah is situated 4 km southeast of Bîr el-‘Eshsha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canada Camp and Yamit.

Canada Camp

Locality

Canada Camp was a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Sinai near Rafah, formed in 1972 and evacuated in 2000. The Camp was named after the Canadian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force, which formerly had a camp at the location. Canada Camp is situated 4 km southeast of Bîr el-‘Eshsha.

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 5 km southwest of Bîr el-‘Eshsha.

Al-Mawasi

Village

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Al-Mawasi is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip. It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. Al-Mawasi is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip. Al-Mawasi is situated 7 km northeast of Bîr el-‘Eshsha.

Bîr el-‘Eshsha

Type: Well
Also known as: “Bir el-`Eshsha”
Category: body of water
Location: North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

31.31143° or 31° 18′ 41″ north

Longitude

34.20575° or 34° 12′ 21″ east

Elevation

4 metres (13 feet)

Open location code

8G3P8664+H7

GeoNames ID

357711

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