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Red Sea

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 . Its capital and largest city is .

Notable Places in the Area

Aerodrome
is the international airport of in . Photo: Binter, Public domain.

Localities in the Area

is a resort town on the of . Photo: Karelj, Public domain.

Red Sea

Latitude
27.1862° or 27° 11' 10.5" north
Longitude
33.7885° or 33° 47' 18.4" east
Population
288,000
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Geo­Names ID
361468

Also Known As

  • Arabic: Pula nga Dagat
  • Arabic: الثروة المعدنية في محافظة البحر الأحمر
  • Arabic: بحر أحمر
  • Arabic: ثروة معدنية في محافظة البحر الأحمر
  • Arabic: قائمة محافظي البحر الأحمر
  • Arabic: محافظة البحر الأحمر
  • Arabic: محافظة البحر الأحمر|
  • Armenian: Կարմիր ծով
  • Belarusian: Багр эль-Агмар
  • Bengali: লোহিত সাগর গভর্নোরেট
  • Bosnian: Crveno more
  • Bulgarian: Червено море
  • Catalan: Governació de la Mar Roja
  • Catalan: Mar Roja
  • Catalan: governació de la Mar Roja
  • Cebuano: Red Sea Governorate
  • Chinese: Âng Hái Séng
  • Chinese: 紅海
  • Chinese: 红海省
  • Czech: Al-Bahri al-Ahmari
  • Danish: Al-Bahr al-Ahmar
  • Dutch: Rode Zee
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة البحر الأحمر
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة البحر الاحمر
  • English: Red Sea Governorate
  • 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: Mer-Rouge
  • Georgian: წითელი ზღვა
  • Georgian: წითელი ზღვის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: EG-BA
  • German: Gouvernement al-Bahr al-ahmar
  • German: Rotes Meer
  • German: al-Bahr al-ahmar
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Ερυθράς Θάλασσας
  • Gujarati: રેડ સી ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: הים האדום (מחוז)
  • Hebrew: הים האדום
  • Hindi: लाल सागर गवर्नरेट
  • Hindi: लाल सागर मुहाफ़ज़ाह
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Al-Bahr al-Ahmar
  • 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: Sarkanās jūras muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Raudonosios Jūros muchafaza
  • Malay: Pentadbiran Red Sea
  • Marathi: रेड सी गव्हर्नोरेट
  • Min Nan Chinese: Âng Hái Séng
  • Norwegian: Al-Bahr al-Ahmar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Al Bahr al Ahmar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Guvernementet Al-Bahr al-Ahmar
  • Persian: استان بحرالاحمر
  • Persian: استان بحر الاحمر
  • 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
  • South Azerbaijani: بحرالاحمر اوستانی
  • Spanish: Gobernación del 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
  • 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)
  • Al Baḩr al Aḩmar
  • El-Bahr el-Ahmar
  • Muḩāfaz̧at al Baḩr al Aḩmar

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