Arish
Arish or El Arīsh is the largest city on the Sinai Peninsula, with about 165,000 inhabitants, as well as the capital of North Sinai Governorate. Lying on the Mediterranean coast of the peninsula, it is 344 km northeast of Cairo.
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- City with about 204,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code AAC
- …was formerly known as “City of Cut Noses”
- Description: city in Egypt
- Also known as“Al ‘Arīsh”“al-ʿArīš”“El-‘Arîsh”“Rhinocolorum”“Rhinocolura”“Rhinocorura”“Rhinokorura”
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Latitude
31.1236° or 31° 7′ 25″ north
Longitude
33.7984° or 33° 47′ 54″ east
UN/LOCODE
EG AAC
Open location code
8G3M4QFX+F8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Zulu—“Arish” goes by many names.
ArishAlbanian
ArishiAlbanian
العريشArabic
عريشArabic
ArishAsturian
El ArishBasque
Аль-АрышBelarusian
АрышBelarusian
Эль-АрышBelarusian
АришBulgarian
Al-ArishCatalan
Al-ArixCatalan
El-ArishCatalan
ArishCebuano
阿里什Chinese
Al AríšCzech
Al-ArishCzech
AríšCzech
El-AríšCzech
El-ArishCzech
Al-ArishDanish
ArishDanish
Al-ArishDutch
ArishDutch
El ArishDutch
العريشEgyptian Arabic
El AriŝEsperanto
El AriŝoEsperanto
Al ‘ArīshEstonian
ArishFinnish
Al-ArishGalician
El-ArishGalician
ელ-არიშიGeorgian
ΑρίςGreek
Ελ ΑρίςGreek
אל ערישHebrew
अरीशHindi
El-ArísHungarian
ArishIndonesian
El ArishIndonesian
ArishIrish
Al-ArishItalian
ArishItalian
El-ArishItalian
アーリシュJapanese
アリーシュJapanese
Al ‘ArishJavanese
Élʹ-ArïşKazakh
Эль-АришKazakh
Эль-Ариш қаласыKazakh
ەل-ارىيشKazakh
아리시Korean
ArišasLithuanian
АришMacedonian
град во ЕгипетMacedonian
ArishMalagasy
ArishMalay
Al-ArishNorwegian
Al-ArishNorwegian Bokmål
عریشPersian
Al-AriszPolish
AriszPolish
ArishRomanian
El ArishRomanian
Аль-АришRussian
Ариш, егип. городRussian
Эль-АришRussian
ArishScots
АришSerbian
ArišSerbo-Croatian
Ariš (grad)Serbo-Croatian
Al ArišSlovenian
ArišSlovenian
El ArišSlovenian
عریشSouth Azerbaijani
ArishSwahili
Al-ArishSwedish
อัลอะรีชThai
ArişTurkish
El ArişTurkish
Ель-АрішUkrainian
عریشUrdu
Al-ArishVenetian
Al ‘ArishWaray (Philippines)
ArishWaray (Philippines)
על ארישYiddish
Arish, GibhitheZulu
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