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Sharm el-Sheikh

Sharm el-Sheikh is a large resort at the south tip of the Peninsula in . The main reasons to visit are for scuba-diving and other water and beach activities, and to explore the Sinai desert.
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  • Type: City with 38,500 residents
  • Description: city in South Sinai, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Cherm”, “Ras Muhammad”, “Ras Umm Sidd”, “Sharm”, “Sharm al Shaikh”, “Sharm ash Shaykh, Sharm al Shaykh”, “Sharm el Sheikh”, “Sharm El Sheikh”, “Sharm el-Cheikh”, “Sharm el-Sheik”, “Sharm esh Sheikh”, “Sherm el Sheik”, “Sherm el Sheikh”, and “Sherm el Shekh”
  • Historically known as: “Awfīr”, “Ofira”, and “Ophira”

Sharm el-Sheikh

Latitude
27.8644° or 27° 51′ 52″ north
Longitude
34.2954° or 34° 17′ 44″ east
Population
38,500
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
IATA airport code
SSH
United Nations Location Code
EG SSH
Open location code
7GVPV77W+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 428339450
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
349340
Wiki­data ID
Q644
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sharm el-Sheikh” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sharm El Sheikh”
  • Arabic: “شرم الشيخ”
  • Armenian: “Շարմ էլ Շեյխ”
  • Asturian: “Sharm el-Sheij”
  • Avaric: “Шарам аш-Шайх”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərm əş-Şeyx”
  • Bashkir: “Шәрм-әш-Шәйех”
  • Basque: “Xarm el-Xeikh”
  • Bengali: “শর্ম এল-শেইখ”
  • Bulgarian: “Шарм ел-Шейх”
  • Bulgarian: “Шарм еш-Шейх”
  • Catalan: “Xarm al xeic”
  • Catalan: “Xarm el-Xeikh”
  • Cebuano: “Sharm ash Shaykh”
  • Central Kurdish: “شەرم ئەش-شەیخ”
  • Central Kurdish: “شەرم ئەلشەیخ”
  • Chechen: “Шарм-эш-Шейх”
  • Chinese: “沙姆沙伊赫”
  • Croatian: “Šarm eš Šejh”
  • Croatian: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Czech: “Šarm aš Šajch”
  • Czech: “Šarm aš-Šajch”
  • Danish: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Dutch: “Sharm El Sheikh”
  • Dutch: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Dutch: “Sharm-el-Sheikh”
  • Eastern Mari: “Шарм-эль-Шейх”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شرم الشيخ”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝarm el Ŝeiĥ”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝarm el Ŝejĥ”
  • Estonian: “Sharm ash-Shaykh”
  • Estonian: “Sharm el Sheikh”
  • Finnish: “Šarm al-Šaikh”
  • Finnish: “Sharm El Sheikh”
  • Finnish: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • French: “Charm El Cheikh”
  • French: “Charm el-Cheikh”
  • Georgian: “შარმ-ელ-შეიხი”
  • German: “Scharm asch-Schaich”
  • German: “Scharm El Scheich”
  • German: “Scharm el-Scheich”
  • German: “Scharm esch-Scheich”
  • German: “Sharm el Sheikh”
  • Greek: “Σαρμ ελ Σεΐχ”
  • Greek: “Σαρμ ελ Σέιχ”
  • Greek: “Σαρμ ελ-Σείχ”
  • Gujarati: “શર્મ અલ-શેખ”
  • Hebrew: “שארם א-שייח‘”
  • Hebrew: “שארם א-שייח’”
  • Hindi: “शर्म अल शेख”
  • Hindi: “शर्म अल शेख़”
  • Hungarian: “Sarm es Sejk”
  • Hungarian: “Sarm es-Sejk”
  • Ido: “Sharm el-Sheik”
  • Igbo: “Sharm”
  • Igbo: “Sharma el-Sheikh”
  • Indonesian: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Irish: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Italian: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Japanese: “シャルム・エル・シェイク”
  • Japanese: “シャルム”
  • Kannada: “ಶರ್ಮ್ ಎಲ್-ಶೇಖ್”
  • Kannada: “ಶರ್ಮ್-ಅಲ್-ಶೈಖ್”
  • Kazakh: “Шарм-эш-Шейх қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Шарм-эш-Шейх”
  • Kölsch: “Scharm-Äl-Schäisch”
  • Kölsch: “Scharm-Äl-Schäsch”
  • Kölsch: “Scharmälschäsch”
  • Kölsch: “Scharmälscheisch”
  • Korean: “샤름엘셰이크”
  • Latvian: “Šarm eš Šeiha”
  • Lithuanian: “Šarm el Šeichas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šarm El Šeichas”
  • Macedonian: “Шарм ел-Шеик”
  • Malay: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Malay: “Sharm”
  • Malay: “Syarm al-Syeikh”
  • Malay: “Syarm”
  • Malay: “شرم الشيخ”
  • Marathi: “शर्म अल-शेख”
  • Mingrelian: “შარმ-ელ-შეიხი”
  • Moksha: “Шарм эль Шэйх”
  • Nepali: “सर्म अल-सेख”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Norwegian: “Sharm el Sheikh”
  • Norwegian: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Charm el-Cheikh”
  • Ossetian: “Шарм-эш-Шейх”
  • Persian: “شرم‌الشیخ”
  • Polish: “Szarm El Szejk”
  • Polish: “Szarm el-Szejk”
  • Portuguese: “Sharm El Sheikh”
  • Portuguese: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Portuguese: “Sharm”
  • Portuguese: “Xarm el-Xeikh”
  • Romanian: “Sharm el-Sheih”
  • Romanian: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Russian: “Шарм эл шейх”
  • Russian: “Шарм эль шейх”
  • Russian: “Шарм эш Шейх”
  • Russian: “Шарм-аш-Шейх”
  • Russian: “Шарм-эль-шейх”
  • Russian: “Шарм-эль-Шейх”
  • Russian: “Шарм-эш-Шейх”
  • Sardinian: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Scots: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Serbian: “Шарм ел Шеик”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šarm el Šeik”
  • Sinhala: “ශාර්ම් එල් ශීක්”
  • Slovak: “Šarm aš-Šajch”
  • Slovenian: “Šarm el Šejk”
  • Spanish: “Sharm El Sheij”
  • Spanish: “Sharm el-Sheij”
  • Swedish: “Sharm el Sheikh”
  • Swedish: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Tajik: “Шарм-аш-Шайх”
  • Tamil: “சார்ம் எல்-செயிக்”
  • Tamil: “ஷாரம் எல் - ஷேக்”
  • Telugu: “షర్మ్ ఎల్-షేక్”
  • Thai: “ชาร์ม เอล-ชีค”
  • Turkish: “Şarm El-Şeyh”
  • Turkish: “Şarm eş-Şeyh”
  • Ukrainian: “Шарм-аш-Шейх”
  • Ukrainian: “Шарм-еш-Шейх”
  • Urdu: “شرم الشیخ”
  • Uzbek: “Sharm al-Shayx”
  • Uzbek: “Sharm ash-Shayx”
  • Vietnamese: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Western Panjabi: “شرم الشیخ”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙姆沙伊赫”
  • Yiddish: “שארם אל שייך”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙姆沙伊赫”
  • Zeeuws: “Sharm el-Sheikh”
  • Zulu: “Sharm El Sheikh”

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