Nekhel

Nikhel is administratively a city and the capital of the eponymous markaz , . It is located in the heart of the Peninsula bordered to its south by the , and is bordered from the west by the Sinai side of the , from the east by the international border of Egypt with Israel, and from the north by Al-Hasana markaz.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include An-Nekhel Fortress.

Castle
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The Fortress of an-Nekhel is a Ksar located in the Nekhel Municipality of the in . It holds a strategic location at the exact center of the peninsula.

Nekhel

Latitude
29.9115° or 29° 54′ 41″ north
Longitude
33.746° or 33° 44′ 46″ east
Population
11,000
Elevation
421 metres (1,381 feet)
Open location code
7GXMWP6W+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 248035196
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Wiki­data ID
Q5602740
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Nekhel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نخل (مدينة)”
  • Arabic: “نخل”
  • Arabic: “نِخِل”
  • Asturian: “Nekhel”
  • Chinese: “尼赫”
  • Danish: “Nekhel”
  • Dutch: “Nekhel”
  • French: “An-Nakhl”
  • French: “Nakhl”
  • German: “Nachl”
  • German: “Nakhl”
  • Greek: “Νεχέλ”
  • Hebrew: “נח’ל”
  • Irish: “Nekhel”
  • Malayalam: “നെഖെൽ”
  • Persian: “نخل (استان شمال سیناء)”
  • Persian: “نخل”
  • Polish: “Nachl”
  • Russian: “Нахль”
  • Russian: “Нехель”
  • Russian: “Нехль”
  • Serbian: “Нахл”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nahl”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نخل (قوزئی سینا)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نخل”
  • Swahili: “Nekhel”
  • Swedish: “Nekhel”
  • Turkish: “Nahl (şehir)”
  • Turkish: “Nahl”
  • Ukrainian: “Нахль”
  • Ukrainian: “Нехель (Єгипет)”
  • Ukrainian: “Нехель”
  • Urdu: “نخل (مصر)”
  • Urdu: “نخل”

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