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 .
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  • Type: City with 165,000 residents
  • Description: city in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al ‘Arīsh”, “Al Ariš”, “Al Aríš”, “Al-Aríš”, “al-ʿArīš”, “Arīsh”, “El Arich”, “El Ariš”, “El Aríš”, “El Ariŝo”, “El-‘Arîsh”, “El-Ariš”, “El-Aríš”, “El-Arisch”, “El-Arish”, “el-ʻArīsh”, “ʻArish”, “Rhinocolorum”, “Rhinocolura”, “Rhinocorura”, “Rhinokorura”, “Ελ Αρίς”, “Аль-Ариш”, “Аль-Арыш”, “Ариш, егип. город”, “град во Египет”, “Эль-Ариш қаласы”, “Эль-Арыш”, “عريش”, and “アーリシュ”
  • Historically known as: “City of Cut Noses” and “El Arish”

Arish

Latitude
31.1236° or 31° 7′ 25″ north
Longitude
33.7984° or 33° 47′ 54″ east
Population
165,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
IATA airport code
AAC
UN/LOCODE
EG AAC
Open location code
8G3M4QFX+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11300927566
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
361546
Wiki­data ID
Q238452
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zulu—“Arish” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Arish”
  • Albanian: “Arishi”
  • Arabic: “العريش”
  • Asturian: “Arish”
  • Basque: “El Arish”
  • Belarusian: “Арыш”
  • Bulgarian: “Ариш”
  • Catalan: “Al-Arix”
  • Cebuano: “Arish”
  • Chinese: “阿里什”
  • Czech: “Aríš”
  • Danish: “Al-Arish”
  • Dutch: “El Arish”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العريش”
  • Esperanto: “El Ariŝ”
  • Esperanto: “Elariŝo”
  • Estonian: “Al-‘Arīsh”
  • Finnish: “Arish”
  • French: “El Ariche”
  • French: “El-Arich”
  • Galician: “Al-Arish”
  • Georgian: “ელ-არიში”
  • German: “Al-Arisch”
  • German: “Al-ʿArisch”
  • German: “El Arisch”
  • German: “ʿArīsch”
  • Greek: “Αρίς”
  • Hebrew: “אל עריש”
  • Hebrew: “אל-עריש”
  • Hindi: “अरीश”
  • Hungarian: “El-Arís”
  • Indonesian: “Arish”
  • Indonesian: “El Arish”
  • Irish: “Arish”
  • Italian: “Al-Arish”
  • Japanese: “アリーシュ”
  • Javanese: “Al ‘Arish”
  • Javanese: “Al ’Arish”
  • Javanese: “Al Arish”
  • Kazakh: “Élʹ-Arïş”
  • Kazakh: “Эль-Ариш”
  • Kazakh: “ەل-ارىيش”
  • Korean: “아리시”
  • Lithuanian: “Arišas”
  • Macedonian: “Ариш”
  • Malagasy: “Arish”
  • Malay: “Arish”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Arish”
  • Norwegian: “Al-Arish”
  • Persian: “عریش”
  • Polish: “Al-Arisz”
  • Polish: “Arisz”
  • Portuguese: “Alarixe”
  • Romanian: “El Arish”
  • Russian: “Эль-Ариш”
  • Scots: “Arish”
  • Serbian: “Ариш”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ariš (grad)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ariš”
  • Slovenian: “Ariš”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عریش”
  • Spanish: “El Arish”
  • Swahili: “Arish”
  • Swedish: “Al-Arish”
  • Thai: “อัลอะรีช”
  • Turkish: “Ariş”
  • Turkish: “El Ariş”
  • Turkish: “El-Ariş”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Аріш”
  • Urdu: “عریش”
  • Venetian: “Al-Arish”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Arish”
  • Yiddish: “על אריש”
  • Zulu: “Arish, Gibhithe”

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