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Safaga
Sign in to saveSafaga, also known as Port Safaga ( '''', ), is a port city in Egypt, on the coast of the Red Sea, located south of Hurghada. The city is also a tourist area that consists of several bungalows and rest houses. Having numerous phosphate mines, it is regarded as the phosphates export center. A paved road of connects Safaga to Qena of Upper Egypt.
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Safaga is a city, port city, and resort town located in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. The settlement has a population of 55,299 and sits at an elevation of 23 meters above sea level. It is situated within the Africa/Cairo time zone, which corresponds to UTC+02:00.
The area is identified in various geographic databases with the name Qadd el-Barûd. While one source lists a population of zero for this specific entry, the primary city data indicates a resident count of 55,299. The location is associated with the Red Sea region and is referenced by 235 other encyclopedia articles.
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Place details
- Locality
- سفاجا
- Region
- البحر الأحمر
- Country
- مصر
- Population
- 53,639
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Safaga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Overview of Safaga
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Red Sea
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5,285
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 55,299
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_sq_mi
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- resort town
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Red Sea Governorate
- Population
- 55299
- Elevation
- 23
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Port Safaga from south.jpg
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- Safaga
- Commons gallery
- سفاجا
- P8168
- Casole d'Elsa
- P12749
- Hallenberg
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Climate
- Port
- See also
- References
Safaga, also known as Port Safaga ( '''', ), is a port city in Egypt, on the coast of the Red Sea, located south of Hurghada. The city is also a tourist area that consists of several bungalows and rest houses. Having numerous phosphate mines, it is regarded as the phosphates export center. A paved road of connects Safaga to Qena of Upper Egypt.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Safaga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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