El Gouna (El Gouna)
El Gouna (الجونة Al Jūna, "the Lagoon") is an Egyptian tourist city, owned and developed by Samih Sawiris' Orascom Development, dating from 1989. It is located on the Red Sea in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt, 20 km north of Hurghada. It is part of the Red Sea Riviera, and a host city of the El Gouna Film Festival.
El Gouna has 10 kilometers of coastline and consists of 20 islands surrounded by lagoons. The town is 25 kilometers away from the Hurghada International Airport.
El Gouna buildings were designed by European and American architects to resemble traditional rural Egyptian architecture such as that found in the Egyptian countryside and in Nubian villages. El Gouna specializes in water-sports. There are several beaches: including Zeytuna Beach (شاطئ زيتونة) located on its own island, Mangroovy Beach, Moods Beach and other hotel beaches.
There are three main areas in El Gouna, Downtown, Tamr Henna Square (ميدان تمر حنة) and the Abu Tig Marina (مارينا أبو تيج).
It also has a mosque and a Coptic church, the Church of St. Mary and the Archangels.
In 2017 an annual film festival was established, the El Gouna Film Festival.
The weather in El Gouna is sunny all year long. Temperatures range between 17 °C and 33 °C. Humidity is 22% on average. Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh).
El Gouna has 10 kilometers of coastline and consists of 20 islands surrounded by lagoons. The town is 25 kilometers away from the Hurghada International Airport.
El Gouna buildings were designed by European and American architects to resemble traditional rural Egyptian architecture such as that found in the Egyptian countryside and in Nubian villages. El Gouna specializes in water-sports. There are several beaches: including Zeytuna Beach (شاطئ زيتونة) located on its own island, Mangroovy Beach, Moods Beach and other hotel beaches.
There are three main areas in El Gouna, Downtown, Tamr Henna Square (ميدان تمر حنة) and the Abu Tig Marina (مارينا أبو تيج).
It also has a mosque and a Coptic church, the Church of St. Mary and the Archangels.
In 2017 an annual film festival was established, the El Gouna Film Festival.
The weather in El Gouna is sunny all year long. Temperatures range between 17 °C and 33 °C. Humidity is 22% on average. Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh).
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Country - United_Arab_Republic
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The republic was led by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The UAR was a member of the United Arab States, a loose confederation with the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, which was dissolved in 1961.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| EGP | Egyptian pound | £ or جم | 2 |
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| AR | Arabic language |
| EN | English language |
| FR | French language |