About Red Sea

Herzlich Willkommen

Liebe Gäste,

Es ist mir eine große Freude, Sie herzlich Willkommen auf unserer Red Sea Riviera, wir sind sicher, es gibt viel für Sie zu Land und Meer, nicht zu vergessen die ewige Sonne der Red Sea Riviera genießen.
Sind wir stolz unser Kapital die Auszeichnungen der besten Strand Stadt Hurghada und im Süden unserer schönen Stadt Marsa Allam auch die Auszeichnung der besten touristischen Stadt auf Urlaub Check Survey 2013.
Unsere Städte hat eine Menge zu bieten Ihnen und Ihren Familien, also verwenden Sie bitte dieses Handbuch zu erfahren Sie mehr über die Vielzahl von Attraktionen, Ausstattung, neue Initiativen des barrierefreien Tourismus und unsere ehrgeizigen Pläne von grüner Energie.
Wünschen Sie Ihnen einen angenehmen und unvergesslichen Aufenthalt.

G. Ahmed Abdulla
Rotmeer-Gouverneur

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Red Sea Governorate is one of the Egyptian governorates. Located between in the south east side of Egypt, the Southern border of the Red Sea governorate is with Sudan, and the Capital of the Governorate is Hurghada.
The Red Sea governorate is part of the South Upper Egypt Region, encompassing Aswan, Luxor, Qena & Souhag .
The Red Sea has a strategic importance across the history as a main artery bridging east and west.

It is Egypt's eastern gate, and it is full with natural resources Oil, Minerals & fish.This is in addition to its gifted beautiful nature, and its wonderful climate characterized by the warm sun and low humidity rate all the year round. Extending along the Red Sea and deep into the Eastern Desert gave the governorate its strategic importance, as such; it is strategically significant for Egypt national security in particular and the Arab Region in general.

The Red Sea Governorate total area is about 119.1 thousand km 2 which represents 12% of Egypt's area. The governorate has 6 cities, 2 districts, 12 rural local units annexed by 14 villages, and 22 hamlets.

Karte

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Geographie

The Red Sea Governorate is bordered by the Suez Governorate on the north, from the east by the Red Sea, from the west by the governorates of Aswan, Qena, Sohag, Asyut, al-Minya and Beni Suef. In the south it is bordered by Sudan's Red Sea State.

Geschichte

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Wirtschaft

The coast is, as already mentioned, a tourist element. Since the early 80s, Hurghada has been a popular destination for beach lovers and scuba divers. Tourism is also growing in the southern cities of Al-Qusair, Safaga and Marsa Alam. In addition to the numerous hotels and tourist establishments in the centers are located in Al-Bahr al-Ahmar 2 official nature reserves are to be developed for tourism or. The Wadi al-Gamal National Park (Valley of the camels) at Hamata near the town of Marsa Alam and the Gebel Elba National Park in disputed Hala'ib Triangle north of the town of Hala'ib. Besides a strong tourism industry, there is also a large offshore fishing industry. The area, which extends over the province, is rich in minerals, such as in phosphates. The Ras Gharib region contains 70% of Egypt's oil production.sum.

Bevölkerung

In addition to the administrative center of Hurghada, about 60,000 residents live in the cities of Ras Gharib, Safaga,Al-Qusair, Marsa Alam, Halayeb & Shalateen.
The population in 2006 was 288,233 inhabitants, of which more than 275,000 lived in a few towns along the coast. In general, the economic structure of the province's cities and tourist areas is concentrated along the coast. Historically, the population since 1937 was:

1937: 9,914
1947: 15,929
1966: 38,000
1976: 56,191
1986: 90,491
1996: 155,695
2006: 288,233
2014: 337,051

Nationalfeiertag

January 22nd of Each year, The Red Sea Celebrates the National Day of the Governorate.
This day marks the memory of Shadwan battle 1970 during the war of attrition between Egypt & Israel, The Israeli army " paratroopers, naval commands" attempted to land on the island trying to occupy it, But due to the stiff resistance on land and the massive air strikes from Egyptian air forces the Israeli forces failed to remain on the island.

Shadwan island is a rocky island in the Red Sea with a lighthouse to guide ships & located 35 kilometers north of Hurghada city & 325 kilometers south of Suez city, with a total area of 70 thousand square meters.

Klima

Red Sea has a subtropical desert climate and has two distinct seasons; a hot summer and milder winter. The summer months begin in April and end in October with winter starting in November and finishing in March. Though there is very little difference in the day time temperatures between summer and winter, except for in January, instead the greatest variation in temperature is during the nights.

Summer

During the summer months the temperatures range from the low of 30 degrees Celsius in April to highs of 40 degrees Celsius in July. The night time temperatures see a relief from the intense heat of the days with temperatures ranging from 17 degrees Celsius in April to 26 degrees Celsius in July. There are pleasant sea breezes that make the temperatures more tolerable during the day time and if you are visiting to enjoy the many water sports offered you are almost guaranteed to enjoy fine weather.

Winter

Winter day time temperatures remain high with temperatures of 27 degrees Celsius in November being the high and 19 degrees Celsius in January being the low. The biggest difference between the temperatures in summer and winter is during the night. The night time lows drop dramatically between October and November.

October, still summer, goes from being around 33 degrees during the day to around 20 degrees during the night whereas November, the start of winter, sees temperatures around 27 degrees Celsius during the day dropping down to a very mild 13 degrees Celsius at night. The coldest month of the year is January with a temperature high of 19 degrees Celsius and a low of 8 degrees Celsius at night.

Temperature °C	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June
Average high in °C	22	23	25	29	33	35
Average low in °C	12	11	14	18	22	25
Av. Water temperature	18	18	20	25	26	28
Av. Wind speed (kts)	12	13	14	14	14	16
Hours of Sunshine Daily	9	10	10	10	11	12

Temperature °C	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high in °C	36	34	31	27	27	23
Average low in °C	26	26	24	21	17	13
Av. Water temperature	28	29	27	25	23	19
Av. Wind speed (kts)	16	16	16	14	12	12
Hours of Sunshine Daily	13	12	11	10	9	9

Totals and averages

Annual average high temperature:	28.7 °C
Annual average low temperature:	19.0 °C
Annual Average temperature:	23.9 °C
Annual Average Water temperature:	23.8
Annual Average Wind speed (kts):	14

Flughäfen

Hurghada International Airport

The airport is currently served by two terminals: Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. In recent years,a large number of expansion works was carried out at the airport, including the building of the arrival hall, which cost US$155 million.

Construction of a new terminal complex at a cost of $335 million, which was mainly financed by the Arab Fund for Economic Development. Egypt's aviation minister, Houssam Kamal, said that the airport would be able to host up to 13 million visitors annually. The project was inaugurated by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on December 17, 2014. The new terminal has a total area of 92,000 square meters on 3 levels. The departure hall has 72 check-in counters, 20 departure gates and a duty-free arcade.
Construction of a second 4,000m long, 75m wide runway.

Marsa Alam International Airport

It was built in response to the increasing needs of European travelers to this southern Red Sea destination, along with other airports on the Red Sea such as Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, being inaugurated on 16 October 2003.

The official name of the airport until 2011 was Marsa Mubarak Airport.

The airport is privately owned and operated by EMAK Marsa Alam for Management & Operation Airports, a subsidiary of the M.A. Al-Kharafi Group of Kuwait. It is managed by Aéroports de Paris.

Hurghada Port
Safaga Port