Sharm el-Sheikh

Summary

Sharm el-Sheikh is a city^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (851 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sharm el-Sheikh is located in South Sinai Governorate^[3].
• Sharm el-Sheikh is in the country of Egypt^[4].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's video is recorded as Google Earth Timelapse- Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.webm^[5].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's image is recorded as Sharm El Sheikh Panoramic.jpg^[6].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's continent is recorded as Africa^[7].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's instance of is recorded as resort town^[9].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's instance of is recorded as kism^[10].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arzachena^[11].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's twinned administrative body is recorded as Batumi^[12].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133901866^[13].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's GND ID is recorded as 4394642-2^[14].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's locator map image is recorded as Sharm el Sheikh map-ar.png^[15].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2005015619^[16].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 146066078^[17].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's IdRef ID is recorded as 084286180^[18].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's Commons category is recorded as Sharm el-Sheikh^[19].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[20].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 27.851944444444445, 'lon': 34.305}^[21].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0266kj^[22].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's official website is recorded as https://www.sharm-city.com/^[23].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sharm El Sheikh^[24].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's Commons gallery is recorded as شرم الشيخ^[25].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's page banner is recorded as Sharm el-Sheikh banner.jpg^[26].
• Sharm el-Sheikh's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 001072621^[27].

Body

Geography

Sharm el-Sheikh is in the country of Egypt^[4]. It is located in South Sinai Governorate^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Africa^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Sharm el-Sheikh's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4306'}^[29], {'amount': '+73000'}^[30], {'amount': '+38478'}^[31], {'amount': '+13201'}^[32], {'amount': '+13561'}^[33], and {'amount': '+13616'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], resort town^[9], and kism^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sharm el-Sheikh include Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport^[35], an international airport^[36], in Egypt^[37].

Why It Matters

Sharm el-Sheikh ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (851 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for it include Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport^[35], an international airport^[36], in Egypt^[37].