Sharm El Sheikh

Welcome To Sharm El Sheikh

Sharm El Sheikh is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea. Its population is approximately 13,000 as of 2023. Sharm El Sheikh is the administrative hub of Egypt’s South Sinai Governorate, which includes the smaller coastal towns of Dahab and Nuweiba as well as the mountainous interior, St. Catherine and Mount Sinai. It was historically a fishing town and military base, and was developed into a commercial and tourist-centric city in 1968 Today, the city and holiday resort is a significant centre for tourism in Egypt, while also attracting many international conferences and diplomatic meetings.

Name
The English name of Sharm El Sheikh is a borrowing of the Egyptian Arabic “شرم الشيخ”, šarm aš-šayḵ and, as such, does not have a fixed romanisation. There are documented uses of alternate spellings such as Sharm el Sheikh and Sharm el-Sheikh .

Sharm El Sheikh is sometimes referred to as the “City of Peace” (Egyptian Arabic: “Madinet el-Salam”), referring to the large number of International Peace Conferences that have been held there.