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Location:
Africa,
Egypt, Hurghada
Category:
Sea / Coastal view
Description:
Beach and coast at the
diving centre
Location Information:
The
city was founded in the early 20th
century, and since the 1980s has
been continually enlarged by
Egyptian and foreign investors to
become the leading seashore resort
on the Red Sea. Holiday villages and
hotels provide aquatic sport
facilities for sailboarders,
yachtsmen, scuba divers and
snorkelers.
Hurghada stretches for about 36
kilometres (22 mi) along the
seashore, and it does not reach far
into the surrounding desert. The
resort is a destination for Egyptian
tourists from Cairo, the Delta and
Upper Egypt, as well as package
holiday tourists from Europe,
notably Italians, Russians, Poles,
Czechs and Germans. Until a few
years ago it was a small fishing
village. Today Hurghada counts
248,000 inhabitants and is divided
into three parts: Downtown (El Dahar)
is the old part; Sekalla is the city
center, and El Memsha (Village road)
is the modern part. Sakkala is the
relatively modest hotel quarter.
Dahar is where the town's largest
bazaar, the post office and the
long-distance bus station are
situated.
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