Sharm el-Sheikh at a glance
- Sharm el-Sheikh has a population of about 38,000.
- No town in South Sinai is bigger.
- Cairo, the largest city in Egypt, is about 383 km away.
- The nearest bigger city is Hurghada, about 89 km away.
- Towns nearby: Dahab (65 km), El-Tor (78 km) and El Gouna (87 km).