Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-Sheikh is a large resort at the south tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. The main reasons to visit are for scuba-diving and other water and beach activities, and to explore the Sinai desert.
- City with about 73,000 residents
- …has the IATA airport code SSH
- 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-Cheikh”“Sharm el-Sheik”“Sharm esh Sheikh”“Sherm el Sheik”“Sherm el Sheikh”“Sherm el Shekh”
- Historically known as“Awfīr”“Ofira”“Ophira”
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Latitude
27.8644° or 27° 51′ 52″ north
Longitude
34.2954° or 34° 17′ 44″ east
UN/LOCODE
EG SSH
Open location code
7GVPV77W+Q5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sharm el-Sheikh” goes by many names.
Sharm El SheikhAfrikaans
شرم الشيخArabic
Շարմ էլ ՇեյխArmenian
Sharm el-SheijAsturian
Шарам аш-ШайхAvaric
Şərm əş-ŞeyxAzerbaijani
Шәрм-әш-ШәйехBashkir
Xarm el-XeikhBasque
Шарм эль-ШэйхBelarusian
Шарм эш-ШэйхBelarusian
শর্ম এল-শেইখBengali
Шарм ел-ШейхBulgarian
Шарм еш-ШейхBulgarian
Xarm al xeicCatalan
Xarm el-XeikhCatalan
Sharm ash ShaykhCebuano
شەرم ئەش-شەیخCentral Kurdish
شەرم ئەلشەیخCentral Kurdish
Шарм-эш-ШейхChechen
沙姆沙伊赫Chinese
Šarm eš ŠejhCroatian
Sharm el-SheikhCroatian
Šarm aš ŠajchCzech
Sharm el-SheikhDanish
Sharm el-SheikhDutch
Шарм-эль-ШейхEastern Mari
شرم الشيخEgyptian Arabic
Ŝarm el ŜeiĥEsperanto
Ŝarm el ŜejĥEsperanto
Sharm ash-ShaykhEstonian
Sharm el SheikhEstonian
Šarm al-ŠaikhFinnish
Sharm el-SheikhFinnish
შარმ-ელ-შეიხიGeorgian
Σαρμ ελ ΣεΐχGreek
શર્મ અલ-શેખGujarati
שארם א-שייח‘Hebrew
शर्म अल शेख़Hindi
Sarm es SejkHungarian
Sharm el-SheikIdo
SharmIgbo
Sharma el-SheikhIgbo
Sharm el-SheikhIndonesian
Sharm el-SheikhIrish
Sharm el-SheikhItalian
シャルムJapanese
シャルム・エル・シェイクJapanese
ಶರ್ಮ್ ಎಲ್-ಶೇಖ್Kannada
ಶರ್ಮ್-ಅಲ್-ಶೈಖ್Kannada
Шарм-эш-ШейхKazakh
Шарм-эш-Шейх қаласыKazakh
Scharm-Äl-SchäischKölsch
Scharm-Äl-SchäschKölsch
ScharmälscheischKölsch
샤름엘셰이크Korean
Šarm eš ŠeihaLatvian
Šarm El ŠeichasLithuanian
Шарм ел-ШеикMacedonian
SharmMalay
Sharm el-SheikhMalay
SyarmMalay
Syarm al-SyeikhMalay
شرم الشيخMalay
शर्म अल-शेखMarathi
შარმ-ელ-შეიხიMingrelian
Шарм эль ШэйхMoksha
सर्म अल-सेखNepali
Sharm el-SheikhNorwegian
Sharm el-SheikhNorwegian Bokmål
Sharm el-SheikhNorwegian Nynorsk
Sharm El SheikhNupe-Nupe-Tako
Charm el-CheikhOccitan (post 1500)
Шарм-эш-ШейхOssetian
شرمالشیخPersian
Szarm El SzejkPolish
Sharm el-SheihRomanian
Sharm el-SheikhRomanian
Шарм эл шейхRussian
Шарм эш ШейхRussian
Шарм-аш-ШейхRussian
Шарм-эль-ШейхRussian
ᱥᱟᱨᱤᱢ ᱟᱞ-ᱥᱮᱠᱷSantali
Sharm el-SheikhSardinian
Sharm el-SheikhScots
Шарм ел ШеикSerbian
Šarm el ŠeikSerbo-Croatian
ශාර්ම් එල් ශීක්Sinhala
Šarm aš-ŠajchSlovak
Šarm el ŠejkSlovenian
Sharm el-SheikhSwedish
Шарм-аш-ШайхTajik
சார்ம் எல்-செயிக்Tamil
ஷாரம் எல் - ஷேக்Tamil
షర్మ్ ఎల్-షేక్Telugu
ชัรมุชชัยค์Thai
ชาร์ม เอล-ชีคThai
Şarm El-ŞeyhTurkish
Şarm eş-ŞeyhTurkish
Шарм-аш-ШейхUkrainian
Шарм-еш-ШейхUkrainian
شرم الشیخUrdu
Sharm al-ShayxUzbek
Sharm ash-ShayxUzbek
Sharm el-SheikhVietnamese
Sharm el-SheikhWelsh
شرم الشیخWestern Panjabi
沙姆沙伊赫Wu Chinese
שארם אל שייךYiddish
沙姆沙伊赫Yue Chinese
Sharm el-SheikhZeeuws
Sharm El SheikhZulu
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