Ghardaqah (Egypt)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
ע'רדקה (מצרים)
Name (Latin)
Ghardaqah (Egypt)
Other forms of name
Ghardaqa (Egypt)
nnaa al Ghurdaqah, Egypt
Ghurdaqah (Egypt)
Al Ghardaqah (Egypt)
Hurghada (Egypt)
Urgada (Egypt)
Al-Ghardaqa (Egypt)
Hurgadah (Egypt)
Ghardaka (Egypt)
El-Ghardaqa (Egypt)
Coordinates
33.81166667 33.81166667 27.25777778 27.25777778 (gooearth )
E0334846 E0334846 N0271527 N0271527 (geonames )
Associated country
Egypt
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 133730401
Wikidata: Q187284
Library of congress: n 83152975
Sources of Information
  • Int. Conf. on Marine Science in the Red Sea (1982 : Hurghada, Egypt). Abstracts, 1982?:t.p. (Al-Ghardaqa, Red Sea, Arab Republic of Egypt)
  • LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: al Ghurdaqah, Egypt; usage: Hurghada; al Ghurdaqah; al Ghardaqah)
  • BGN, 12-8-83(Al Ghardaqah, ppl., 27p0s14ʹN 33p0s50ʹE; variants: Hurghada, Urgada)
  • Muʾtamar Ḥawla Baʻḍ al-Jawānib al-Qānūnīyah al-Muʻāṣirah fī Miṣr (1981 : Ghardaqah, Egypt). Muʾtamar Ḥawla Baʻḍ al-Jawānib ... 1981:t.p. (al-Ghardaqah) added t.p. (Hurgadah)
  • United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Egypt image city map 1:15,000. El-Ghardaqa, c1997
  • BGN online Gazetteer 4-18-2003(Al Ghardaqah, oilf 27p0s15ʹ00ʺN 033p0s49ʹ00ʺE; variants: Hurghada, Ghardaqa, Ghardaka)
Wikipedia description:

Hurghada (; Arabic: الغردقة al-Ġhardaqah, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [el ɣæɾˈdæʔæ]) is a coastal city that serves as the largest city and capital of the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. Hurghada has grown from a small fishing village to one of the largest resort destinations along the Red Sea coast, stretching close to 40 km.

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