Red Sea
The Red Sea Governorate is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. Located between the Nile and the Red Sea in the southeast of the country, its southern border forms part of Egypt's border with Sudan. Its capital and largest city is Hurghada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: governorate of Egypt with 410,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Also known as: “Al Baḩr al Aḩmar”, “El-Bahr el-Ahmar”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Baḩr al Aḩmar”, and “Red Sea Governorate”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hurghada Airport.
Hurghada Airport
Aerodrome
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Hurghada International Airport is the international airport of Hurghada in Egypt. It is located inland, 5 km southwest of El Dahar, the city centre of Hurghada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hurghada.
Hurghada
Photo: Karelj, Public domain.
Hurghada is a resort town on the Red Sea Coast of Egypt. Famous for its superb diving opportunities, Hurghada is especially appealing to those with little experience of scuba diving, who come to marvel at the underwater reefs and awesome marine life.
Red Sea
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Red Sea” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحر أحمر”
- Arabic: “قائمة محافظي البحر الأحمر”
- Arabic: “محافظة البحر الأحمر”
- Arabic: “محافظة البحر الاحمر”
- Armenian: “Կարմիր ծով”
- Azerbaijani: “Qırmızı dəniz mühafəzəsi”
- Belarusian: “Багр эль-Агмар”
- Bengali: “লোহিত সাগর গভর্নোরেট”
- Bosnian: “Crveno more”
- Bulgarian: “Червено море”
- Catalan: “governació de la Mar Roja”
- Catalan: “Governació de la Mar Roja”
- Catalan: “Mar Roja”
- Cebuano: “Red Sea Governorate”
- Chinese: “Âng Hái Séng”
- Chinese: “紅海”
- Chinese: “红海省”
- Corsican: “Guvernatoratu di u Mari Rossu”
- Czech: “Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
- Danish: “Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
- Dutch: “Rode Zee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة البحر الأحمر”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة البحر الاحمر”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Al-Bahr al-ahmar”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Ruĝa Maro”
- Estonian: “Al-Baḩr al-Aḩmari kubernerkond”
- Finnish: “Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
- French: “gouvernorat de la mer Rouge”
- French: “gouvernorat de la Mer-Rouge”
- French: “Gouvernorat de la Mer-Rouge”
- French: “Mer Rouge”
- Galician: “Gobernación do Mar Vermello”
- Georgian: “წითელი ზღვა”
- Georgian: “წითელი ზღვის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “EG-BA”
- German: “Gouvernement al-Bahr al-ahmar”
- German: “Gouvernement Rotes Meer”
- German: “Rotes Meer”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ερυθράς Θάλασσας”
- Gujarati: “રેડ સી ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “הים האדום”
- Hebrew: “מחוז הים האדום”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ים סוף”
- Hindi: “लाल सागर गवर्नरेट”
- Hindi: “लाल सागर मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Laut Merah”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht na Mara Rua”
- Italian: “Governatorato del Mar Rosso”
- Japanese: “バフル・アル＝アフマル県”
- Japanese: “紅海県”
- Kannada: “ಕೆಂಪು ಸಮುದ್ರ ಗವರ್ನರ್”
- Korean: “홍해주”
- Ladino: “Mar Kolorada”
- Latin: “Al-Bahr al-ahma”
- Latin: “Mare Rubrum”
- Latvian: “Bahr el Ahmaras muhāfaza”
- Latvian: “Sarkanās jūras muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Raudonosios Jūros muchafaza”
- Macedonian: “Црвено Море (област)”
- Macedonian: “Црвено Море”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Laut Merah”
- Marathi: “रेड सी गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Âng Hái Séng”
- Northern Frisian: “Guwernement Ruad Sia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Bahr al Ahmar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
- Norwegian: “Rødehavsguvernementet”
- Persian: “استان بحر الاحمر”
- Persian: “استان بحرالاحمر”
- Persian: “استان دریای سرخ”
- Polish: “Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
- Polish: “Prowincja Morza Czerwonego”
- Portuguese: “Mar Vermelho”
- Romanian: “Al Bahr al Ahmar”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Al Bahr al Ahmar”
- Russian: “Красное Море”
- Scots: “Red Sea Govrenorate”
- Scots: “Reid Sea Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Red Sea Governorate”
- Serbian: “Црвено море”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Crveno more (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Crveno more”
- Sinhala: “රතු මුහුද පළාත”
- Slovak: “Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Rdeče morje”
- South Azerbaijani: “بحرالاحمر اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Gobernación del Mar Rojo”
- Spanish: “Mar Rojo”
- Swahili: “Al-Bahr al-ahmar”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Bahari ya Shamu”
- Swedish: “Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
- Swedish: “Guvernementet Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
- Tamil: “ரெட் செபட கோவெர்னோராட்”
- Tatar: “Кызыл Диңгез”
- Telugu: “రెడ్ సీ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัลบะห์รุลอะห์มัร”
- Turkish: “Kızıldeniz”
- Ukrainian: “Червоне Море”
- Urdu: “محافظہ بحر احمر”
- Vietnamese: “Al Bahr Al Ahmar”
- Vietnamese: “Biển Đỏ”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Hồng Hải”
- Waray (Philippines): “Pula nga Dagat”
- Waray (Philippines): “Red Sea”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لال سمندر”
- Wu Chinese: “红海省 (埃及)”
- Wu Chinese: “红海省（埃及）”
- Wu Chinese: “红海省”
- Zulu: “Red Sea Governorate”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hurghada Museum and Dishet Abū Minqār.
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