Sharm El-Sheikh is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in the South Sinai Governorate, on the Red Sea coast. 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 by Israel. Today, the city and holiday resort is a significant tourism center in Egypt, attracting many international conferences and diplomatic meetings.
