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Place details
- Locality
- الطور
- Region
- جنوب سيناء
- Country
- مصر
- Population
- 38,285
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Egypt
- Governorate
- South Sinai
- Total
- 2,581 km (997 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 14 m (46 ft)
- Density
- 16.94/km (43.87/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EST )
- Area code
- (+20) 377
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- South Sinai Governorate
- Population
- +12733
- Elevation
- +14
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- South Sinai Governorate
- Image
- Hammam Musa (Moses' Bath), hot spring, El-Tor. South Sinai. Egypt. 03.jpg
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- P1889
- At-Tur
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Article
El Tor (Egyptian Arabic: الطور aṭ-Ṭūr/et-Ṭūr Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [etˈtˤuːɾ]), also romanized as Al-Tur and At-Tur and known as Tur Sinai, formerly Raithu, is a city and the capital of the South Sinai Governorate of Egypt. The name of the city comes from the Arabic term for the mountain where the prophet Moses is believed to have received the Tablets of the Law from God; this mountain is designated Jabal Al Tor.
At-Tur itself appears to have been founded in the 13th century near the site of the ancient Raythou (medieval Raya). The El tor strain of cholera was discovered there in 1905. It was a quarantine camp for Muslim pilgrims returning from Hajj (the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca). Known for its springs, the city is an important tourist destination in the South Sinai Governorate along with Sharm El Sheikh and Saint Catherine.