Arish
Arish or El Arīsh is the largest city on the Sinai Peninsula, with about 165,000 inhabitants, as well as the capital of North Sinai Governorate. Lying on the Mediterranean coast of the peninsula, it is 344 km northeast of Cairo.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Arish
- Type: City with 165,000 residents
- Description: city in Egypt
- Categories: big city and locality
- Location: North Sinai Governorate, Sinai, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.1236° or 31° 7' 25" northLongitude
33.7984° or 33° 47' 54" eastPopulation
165,000Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)IATA airport code
AACUnited Nations Location Code
EG AACOpen Location Code
8G3M4QFX+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 11300927566OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
361546Wikidata ID
Q238452Arish Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Arish
- Albanian: Arishi
- Arabic: Al ‘Arīsh
- Arabic: Arish
- Arabic: El-‘Arîsh
- Arabic: العريش
- Arabic: عريش
- Asturian: Arish
- Basque: Arish
- Belarusian: Аль-Арыш
- Belarusian: Арыш
- Belarusian: Эль-Арыш
- Bulgarian: Ариш
- Catalan: Al-Arish
- Catalan: Al-Arix
- Catalan: El-Arish
- Cebuano: Arish
- Chinese: 阿里什
- Czech: Al-Arish
- Czech: Al-Aríš
- Czech: Al Ariš
- Czech: Al Aríš
- Czech: Aríš
- Czech: El-Arish
- Czech: El-Ariš
- Czech: El-Aríš
- Czech: El Ariš
- Czech: El Aríš
- Danish: Al-Arish
- Danish: Arish
- Dutch: Al-Arish
- Dutch: Arish
- Dutch: El-Arish
- Dutch: El Arish
- Egyptian Arabic: العريش
- English (Historic): City of Cut Noses
- English (Historic): El Arish
- English: Al ‘Arīsh
- Esperanto: El Ariŝ
- Estonian: Al-‘Arīsh
- Estonian: Al ‘Arīsh
- Finnish: Arish
- French: Al Arish
- French: El-Arich
- French: El-Arisch
- French: El-Arish
- French: El Arich
- Galician: Al-Arish
- Galician: El-Arish
- Georgian: ელ-არიში
- German: Al-Arisch
- German: El-Arisch
- German: ʿArīsch
- Greek: Αρίς
- Greek: Ελ Αρίς
- Hebrew: אל-עריש
- Hebrew: אל עריש
- Hindi: अरीश
- Hungarian: El-Arís
- Indonesian: El Arish
- Irish: Arish
- Italian: Al-Arish
- Italian: Arish
- Italian: El-Arish
- Japanese: アリーシュ
- Japanese: アーリシュ
- Javanese: Al 'Arish
- Javanese: Al Arish
- Kazakh: Élʹ-Arïş
- Kazakh: Эль-Ариш
- Kazakh: Эль-Ариш қаласы
- Kazakh: ەل-ارىيش
- Korean: 아리시
- Lithuanian: Arišas
- Macedonian: Ариш
- Macedonian: град во Египет
- Malagasy: Arish
- Malay: Arish
- Norwegian: Al-Arish
- Norwegian Bokmål: Al-Arish
- Persian: عریش
- Polish: Al-Arisz
- Polish: Arisz
- Portuguese: Alarixe
- Russian: Аль-Ариш
- Russian: Ариш, егип. город
- Russian: Эль-Ариш
- Scots: Arish
- Serbian: Ариш
- Serbo-Croatian: Ariš (grad)
- Serbo-Croatian: Ariš
- Slovenian: Al Ariš
- Slovenian: Ariš
- Slovenian: El Ariš
- South Azerbaijani: عریش
- Spanish: Al-Arish
- Spanish: Al Arish
- Spanish: El-Arish
- Spanish: El Arish
- Swahili: Arish
- Swedish: Al-Arish
- Thai: อัลอะรีช
- Turkish: Ariş
- Turkish: El-Ariş
- Turkish: El Ariş
- Ukrainian: Ель-Аріш
- Urdu: عریش
- Venetian: Al-Arish
- Waray (Philippines): Al 'Arish
- Waray (Philippines): Arish
- Yiddish: על אריש
- Zulu: Arish, Gibhithe
- Arīsh
- Rhinocolorum
- Rhinocolura
- Rhinocorura
- Rhinokorura
Other Places Named Arish
In the Area
Arish is situated close to the localities Nahal Mizrayim and Bir Lahfin.
- ArishLocality
- RisanVillage, 27 km south
- Sheikh ZuweidTown, 31 km east
- El GorahVillage, 35 km east
- Abu ToweelaVillage, 35 km east
- Goz Abu RadLocality, 38 km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Arish. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.