The largest city of Sinai is Arish, capital of the North Sinai, with around 160,000 residents. Other larger settlements include Sharm El Sheikh and El-Tor, on the southern coast. Inland Sinai is arid (effectively a desert), mountainous and sparsely populated, the largest settlements being Saint Catherine and Nekhel. [17]

2024年12月31日 · The Sinai Desert, as the peninsula’s arid expanse is called, is separated by the Gulf of Suez and the Suez Canal from the Eastern Desert of Egypt, but it continues eastward into the Negev desert without marked change of relief.

Sinai’s climate is desert. Wadis, dunes, salinization, and eroding soil demonstrate Sinai’s aridity. Isolated terraces with heavy alluvial and lacustrine deposits suggest a wetter climate.

2017年8月17日 · Israel's Negev Desert borders it to the northeast and the Gulf of Aqaba laps at its shores to the southeast. The hot, arid, desert-dominated peninsula covers 23,500 square miles. Sinai is also one of the coldest provinces in Egypt because of its high altitudes and mountainous topographies.

2021年4月27日 · Beautiful sandy beach in Sinai Peninsula, where desert meets Red Sea, near Nuweba, Egypt, Middle East. The Sinai Peninsula is a triangle-shaped peninsula that serves as a land bridge connecting Asia and Africa. About 600,000 people live in the Sinai today.

The desert of the Sinai is particularly fascinating for those interested in some of the oldest civilizations chronicled in the Bible. The great patriarchs of biblical history, like Abraham and Moses, all lived in or passed through the area.

Sinai, Egypt – a true haven for seekers of adventure! With its sprawling desert covering an impressive 23,500 square miles, the Sinai Peninsula is home to some of Egypt’s most stunning natural and historical wonders.