Egypt
Sinai
North Sinai Governorate

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-ʿArīš”, “Arīsh”, “El-‘Arîsh”, “el-ʻArīsh”, “ʻArish”, “Rhinocolorum”, “Rhinocolura”, “Rhinocorura”, and “Rhinokorura”
  • 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
United Nations Location Code
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”
  • Arabic: “عريش”
  • Asturian: “Arish”
  • Basque: “El Arish”
  • Belarusian: “Аль-Арыш”
  • Belarusian: “Арыш”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Арыш”
  • Bulgarian: “Ариш”
  • Catalan: “Al-Arish”
  • Catalan: “Al-Arix”
  • Catalan: “El-Arish”
  • Cebuano: “Arish”
  • Chinese: “阿里什”
  • Czech: “Al Ariš”
  • Czech: “Al Aríš”
  • Czech: “Al-Aríš”
  • Czech: “Al-Arish”
  • Czech: “Aríš”
  • Czech: “El Ariš”
  • Czech: “El Aríš”
  • Czech: “El-Ariš”
  • Czech: “El-Aríš”
  • Czech: “El-Arish”
  • Danish: “Al-Arish”
  • Danish: “Arish”
  • Dutch: “Al-Arish”
  • Dutch: “Arish”
  • Dutch: “El Arish”
  • Dutch: “El-Arish”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العريش”
  • Esperanto: “El Ariŝ”
  • Esperanto: “El Ariŝo”
  • Estonian: “Al ‘Arīsh”
  • Estonian: “Al-‘Arīsh”
  • Finnish: “Arish”
  • French: “Al Arish”
  • French: “El Arich”
  • French: “El Ariche”
  • French: “El-Arich”
  • French: “El-Arisch”
  • French: “El-Arish”
  • Galician: “Al-Arish”
  • Galician: “El-Arish”
  • Georgian: “ელ-არიში”
  • German: “Al-Arisch”
  • German: “El Arisch”
  • German: “El-Arisch”
  • German: “ʿArīsch”
  • Greek: “Αρίς”
  • Greek: “Ελ Αρίς”
  • Hebrew: “אל עריש”
  • Hebrew: “אל-עריש”
  • Hindi: “अरीश”
  • Hungarian: “El-Arís”
  • Indonesian: “Arish”
  • Indonesian: “El Arish”
  • Irish: “Arish”
  • Italian: “Al-Arish”
  • Italian: “Arish”
  • Italian: “El-Arish”
  • Japanese: “アーリシュ”
  • Japanese: “アリーシュ”
  • Javanese: “Al ‘Arish”
  • Javanese: “Al ’Arish”
  • Javanese: “Al Arish”
  • Kazakh: “Élʹ-Arïş”
  • Kazakh: “Эль-Ариш қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Эль-Ариш”
  • Kazakh: “ەل-ارىيش”
  • Korean: “아리시”
  • Lithuanian: “Arišas”
  • Macedonian: “Ариш”
  • Macedonian: “град во Египет”
  • Malagasy: “Arish”
  • Malay: “Arish”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Arish”
  • Norwegian: “Al-Arish”
  • Persian: “عریش”
  • Polish: “Al-Arisz”
  • Polish: “Arisz”
  • Portuguese: “Alarixe”
  • Russian: “Аль-Ариш”
  • Russian: “Ариш, егип. город”
  • Russian: “Эль-Ариш”
  • Scots: “Arish”
  • Serbian: “Ариш”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ariš (grad)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ariš”
  • Slovenian: “Al Ariš”
  • Slovenian: “Ariš”
  • Slovenian: “El Ariš”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عریش”
  • Spanish: “Al Arish”
  • Spanish: “Al-Arish”
  • Spanish: “El Arish”
  • 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): “Al ‘Arish”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Arish”
  • Yiddish: “על אריש”
  • Zulu: “Arish, Gibhithe”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Arish”. Photo: Zeadanany, CC BY-SA 4.0.