Straits of Tiran

Summary

Straits of Tiran is a strait^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (522 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Straits of Tiran is located in South Sinai Governorate^[3].
• Straits of Tiran is located in Tabuk Province^[4].
• Straits of Tiran is in the country of Egypt^[5].
• Straits of Tiran is in the country of Saudi Arabia^[6].
• Straits of Tiran's image is recorded as ISS035-E-007148 Nile - Sinai - Dead Sea - Wide Angle View (cropped).jpg^[7].
• Straits of Tiran's instance of is recorded as strait^[8].
• Tiran Island is named after Straits of Tiran^[9].
• Straits of Tiran's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315128239^[10].
• Straits of Tiran's part of is recorded as Gulf of Aqaba^[11].
• Straits of Tiran's Commons category is recorded as Straits of Tiran^[12].
• Straits of Tiran's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 28.003888888889, 'lon': 34.465277777778}^[13].
• Straits of Tiran's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nd1y^[14].
• Straits of Tiran's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Straits of Tiran^[15].
• Straits of Tiran's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038232^[16].
• Straits of Tiran's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0066114^[17].
• Straits of Tiran's GeoNames ID is recorded as 101359^[18].
• Straits of Tiran's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6413568^[19].
• Straits of Tiran's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1115271^[20].
• Straits of Tiran's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Tiranstredet^[21].
• Straits of Tiran's Lex ID is recorded as Tiranstrædet^[22].
• Straits of Tiran's KBpedia ID is recorded as StraitOfTiran^[23].
• Straits of Tiran's OpenStreetMap node ID is recorded as 280297934^[24].
• Straits of Tiran's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as estret-de-tiran^[25].

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Geography

Country listings include Egypt^[5], a sovereign state^[26], in Egypt^[27], founded in 1922^[28] and Saudi Arabia^[6], a sovereign state^[29], in Saudi Arabia^[30], founded in 1727^[31]. Located in include South Sinai Governorate^[3], a governorate of Egypt^[32], in Egypt^[33] and Tabuk Province^[4], a province of Saudi Arabia^[34], in Saudi Arabia^[35]. Straits of Tiran's part of is recorded as Gulf of Aqaba^[11].

Designation and Status

Straits of Tiran's instance of is recorded as strait^[8].

History and Context

Tiran Island is named after Straits of Tiran^[9].

Why It Matters

Straits of Tiran ranks in the top 4% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (522 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]