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Sinai General Travel Guide Information
The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai is a triangular peninsula in Egypt. It lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, forming a land bridge from Africa to Southwest Asia. Its area is about 60,000 km². The Egyptians call it the Land of Fayrouz. The Sinai Peninsula is the easternmost [...]
Continue reading...Luxor Tourist Information Guide
19. November 2008
Luxor is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. Its population numbers 376,022 (1999 survey), and its area is about 416 square kilometres (161 sq mi). As the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the “world’s greatest open air museum”, the ruins [...]
Continue reading...Cairo Travel Guide Information
19. November 2008
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt. It is the Arab World’s largest and Africa’s most populous city. While Al-Qahirah is the official name of the city, in Egyptian Arabic it is called by the dialect’s name for the country, transliteration: Masr. (Egypt’s first Arab capital, Fustat, was known as Misr al-Fustat, “City [...]
Continue reading...Alexandria Tourist Guide Information
19. November 2008
Alexandria with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country’s largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt’s imports and exports. Alexandria is also an important tourist resort. its largest seaport and the country’s window onto the Mediterranean Sea. It’s a faded shade of its former glorious cosmopolitan self, [...]
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20. November 2008
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