El Omayed Protectorate
Omayed is a 75,800 ha UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve in western Egypt in a sparsely populated region of coastal desert 80 kilometers west of Alexandria and 200 kilometers east of Matruh.- Nature reserve
- …is also known as “Omayed”
- Description: Biosphere reserve in Egypt | designated in 1981. Extension 1998
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Latitude
30.7493° or 30° 44′ 58″ north
Longitude
29.1502° or 29° 9′ 1″ east
Open location code
8G2FP5X2+P3
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OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“El Omayed Protectorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محمية العميد الطبيعية”
- Arabic: “محمية العميد”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محمية العميد الطبيعيه”
- French: “Omayed”
- Hungarian: “Al-Umayyid bioszféra-rezervátum”
- Polish: “Rezerwat biosfery Al-Umajjid”
- Ukrainian: “Заповідник аль-Умейд”
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