Red Sea

The Red Sea Governorate is one of the 27 governorates of . 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 .
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 410,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: “Al Bahr al Ahmar”, “Al Bahr Al Ahmar”, “Al Baḩr al Aḩmar”, “Al-Bahr al-ahmar”, “EG-BA”, “El-Bahr el-Ahmar”, “gouvernorat de la mer Rouge”, “gubernio Al-Bahr al-ahmar”, “gubernio Ruĝa Maro”, “Mar Roja”, “Mare Rubrum”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Baḩr al Aḩmar”, “provinco Al-Bahr al-ahmar”, “Red Sea Governorate”, “Tỉnh Hồng Hải”, “წითელი ზღვა”, “מחוז הים האדום”, “استان بحر الاحمر”, “استان دریای سرخ”, “بحر أحمر”, “قائمة محافظي البحر الأحمر”, “लाल सागर गवर्नरेट”, “バフル・アル＝アフマル県”, and “紅海”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hurghada Airport.

Aerodrome
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Hurghada International Airport is an international airport serving , . It is located inland, 5 km southwest of El Dahar, the city centre of Hurghada.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hurghada.

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is a resort town on the of . Famous for its superb diving opportunities, 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

Latitude
27.1862° or 27° 11′ 11″ north
Longitude
33.7885° or 33° 47′ 18″ east
Population
410,000
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
7GVM5QPQ+F9
Geo­Names ID
361468
Wiki­data ID
Q30831
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Red Sea” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ቀይ ባህር”
  • Arabic: “محافظة البحر الأحمر”
  • Armenian: “Կարմիր ծով”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qırmızı dəniz mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Itsaso Gorria (eskualdea)”
  • 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”
  • Cebuano: “Red Sea Governorate”
  • 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 Ruĝa Maro”
  • 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: “Mer Rouge”
  • Galician: “Gobernación do Mar Vermello”
  • Georgian: “წითელი ზღვის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Bahr al-ahmar”
  • German: “Gouvernement Rotes Meer”
  • German: “Rotes Meer”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ερυθράς Θάλασσας”
  • Gujarati: “રેડ સી ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Bahar Ja”
  • Hebrew: “הים האדום”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ים סוף”
  • Hindi: “लाल सागर प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “लाल सागर मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Laut Merah”
  • Irish: “Gobharnóireacht na Mara Rua”
  • Italian: “Governatorato del Mar Rosso”
  • Japanese: “紅海県”
  • Javanese: “Segoro Merah”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆಂಪು ಸಮುದ್ರ ಗವರ್ನರ್”
  • Kazakh: “Қызыл теңіз”
  • Kirghiz: “Кызыл Деңиз”
  • Korean: “홍해주”
  • Ladino: “Mar Kolorada”
  • Latin: “Al-Bahr al-ahma”
  • 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: “Guvernementet Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
  • Norwegian: “Rødehavsguvernementet”
  • Oromo: “Galaana Guddaa”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਾਲ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ”
  • Persian: “استان بحرالاحمر”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Morza Czerwonego”
  • Portuguese: “Mar Vermelho”
  • Pushto: “بحر احمر”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Al Bahr al Ahmar”
  • Russian: “Красное Море”
  • Scots: “Red Sea Govrenorate”
  • Scots: “Reid Sea Govrenorate”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd na Mara Ruaidhe”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Badda Cas”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بحرالاحمر اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación del Mar Rojo”
  • Spanish: “Mar Rojo”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Bahari ya Shamu”
  • Swedish: “al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
  • Swedish: “Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
  • Swedish: “Guvernementet Al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
  • Tajik: “Баҳри Сурх”
  • Tamil: “ரெட் செபட கோவெர்னோராட்”
  • Tatar: “Кызыл Диңгез”
  • Telugu: “రెడ్ సీ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัลบะห์รุลอะห์มัร”
  • Turkish: “Kızıldeniz”
  • Ukrainian: “Червоне Море”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ بحر احمر”
  • Uzbek: “Qizil dengiz muhofazasi”
  • Uzbek: “Qizil dengiz”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển Đỏ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pula nga Dagat”
  • 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

Places to explore: Minţaqat as Saqqālah and Sahl Hasheesh.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hurghada Museum and Dishet Abū Minqār.

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