Egypt Tours - Red Sea

Egypt Tours - Red Sea

Red Sea Governorate of coastal provinces border the Arab Republic of Egypt and has an area of 130 thousand km 2 and this represents the eighth area of the Republic shall be confined to this area between latitudes (29.22) and is bordered by the Red Sea coast east length of about (1080 km) and is bounded on the west provinces (Beni Suef - Minya - Assiut - Qena - Aswan) and from the north and Giza governorates of Suez and the South Republic of the Sudan - and the advantage of maintaining a warm, sunny climate throughout the year with low humidity.

Major cities:

Ras Gharib - Hurghada - Safaga - short - Marsa Alam Shalatin

Strategic importance:

Returns the strategic importance of the province to spread the Red Sea coast and the depth of the Eastern Desert, even the Nile Valley, which is of strategic importance to Egypt's national security in particular and the security of the Arab region in general as it represents an outlet for exports and imports in the provinces of Upper Egypt and the seaport of pilgrims.

Economic Importance:The maintenance of the most important provinces of Egypt for the mineral wealth because they contain the vast majority of metallic and nonmetallic materials and ornamental stones and vary such wealth as follows:

* Oil: produces 76% of the province of the Republic and the production is concentrated in the area of Ras Gharib and Ras Aljamshp and Choucair

* Gold: In the area of Abu Marwat / Ras Gharib - Zaator and a bathroom / Safaga - Umm Umm Samra Russians - Alpramep and diabetes - or hijab / Marsa Alam - Alamnit / Shalateen

* Iron: In the area of Abu Marwat / Ras Gharib - Valley Cream / short - or Thurs Iron Mountain - or fire / Marsa Alam.

* Marble: in the area by Sheikh Fadlallah - Bear Valley / Ras Gharib - Duaij Valley - the valley of water - or willow / Marsa Alam

* Phosphate: header in the region Gamsha / Hurghada - or alhoweitat / Safaga - Hamrawein / short - or Rijp / Marsa Alam

* Ornamental stones: garnet (Valley Summer / Safaga - Wadi Beauty - Abu Soil Marsa Alam) - Cortez (Valley of Solomon / short) - and emerald (Zbara - Skate - or spear / Marsa Alam) _ Aquamarine in the valley of beauty and Abu Rashid

There is also other materials such as talc - sand - white - copper - granite - Alospotows - mica - girl gypsum - aluminum

Importance of tourism:

The Red Sea province of hope because they enjoy the sun shining and a mild climate throughout the year as well as the nature of the Witch and the soft sand as well as to its contents of sea water districts in water and coral reefs is the right of wealth, The city of Safaga sand radioactive that address diseases psoriasis and Romatid also reside medicinal herbs of all kinds in southern province .

There is also a collection of ancient Egyptian, Romanian, Coptic and Islamic as follows:

* Pharaonic and Roman: the area of Umm Alfoackher - Valley Spa 235 km south of Hurghada.

* Coptic: Monastery of Saint Anthony 50 km north of Zafarana and Saint Paul 95 km north of Ras Gharib.

* Islamic: Tomb of Abu Hasan al-Shazly - Valley Hmtherp 150 km west of Marsa Alam - cob Islamic quite a while.

* The fact that this province has a climate and infrastructure of the tourism activities were several diverse types of tourism are as follows:

Marine sports:

Tourism is the beach and diving boards and sport sailing, fishing and there are 150 to maintain a center for diving in both Hurghada and Safaga.

Medical Tourism:

Red Sea climate is characterized by pure dry air throughout the year and the sun bright as well as potential therapeutic and God-given to this area of the black sand and warm water and sunshine and a private area of Safaga, where the scientific research conducted that have proven effective in some diseases.

Marine sports

There Giftun Islands and the Islands of Abu Shedwan beak-rich mangrove trees and the Dashp Dabaa, Safaga island and the island of Utopia, the island or the island of Jersan peridot and two brothers.

Historical tourism:

Date back to the Pharaonic era conservative whose effects in the region or in the valley Alfoackher baths (through Edfu Marsa Alam) and due to the Ptolemaic times ROMANIAN effects remaining in Abu smoke generation as well as the medieval Islamic and witness the ancient castle dating back to the Ottoman era.

Religious Tourism:

In the Christian era was the Eastern Desert, a shelter for the monks was the oldest monasteries and the most important monastery of St. Ontoniuyos and Saint Paul is the impact of the Islamic tomb of Sheikh Abu Hassan Shazly Hmtherp in the valley.

Tourism and safari adventures:

Spread this type of tourism to maintain where it enjoys a range enormous mountain ranges that are suitable for sport climbing as well as to the existence of many valleys that are suitable for sport riding horses and camels, and there are many Aldharob and pistils that helps the sport race cars and motorcycles Rally of the Pharaohs.

National Day of the Province:

Celebrates the province on January 22 of each year's National Day - a date which marks the anniversary of the Battle Shedwan on January 22, 1970, which saw the island of Shadwan epic popular during the war of attrition, where he attended the children to maintain their armed forces in defeating the brutal aggression on the island and represented in the supply and help the troopsArmed with all means and media marine. 


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