El Gouna
Coordinates: 27°23′06″N 33°40′45″E / 27.38500°N 33.67917°E
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El Gouna (Arabic: الجونة Al Jūna pronounced [elˈɡuːnæ], "the Lagoon") is an Egyptian tourist city, owned and developed by Samih Sawiris' Orascom Development,[1] dating from 1989. It is located on the Red Sea in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt, 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Hurghada. It is part of the Red Sea Riviera, and a host city of the El Gouna Film Festival.[2]
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 (Arabic: 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 (Arabic: ميدان تمر حنة) and the Abu Tig Marina (Arabic: 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.[3]
Climate
The weather in El Gouna is sunny all year long. Temperatures range between 17 °C (63 °F) and 33 °C (91 °F). Humidity is 22% on average.[4] Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh).
| Climate data for El Gouna | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
31.8 (89.2) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
28.7 (83.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.6 (85.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
23.1 (73.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
15 (59) |
11 (52) |
17.4 (63.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
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1 (0.0) |
1 (0) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Africa's fifty Samih Sawiris". Forbes. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Blaze hits El Gouna Film Festival site in Egypt". BBC News. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "El Gouna Film Festival kicks off its first edition in Egypt". English.alarabiya.net. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Weather in El Gouna". Bookelgouna. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ^ "Climate: El Gouna - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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