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Aswan, the southern gateway to Egypt

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Approaching the population of the city of Aswan than 300,000 people makes it the largest city in the province of Aswan and also its capital . Is the southern gateway to Egypt , located exactly at the first cataract of the Nile. Rooted foot and was designated by the ancient Egyptians as " Sonu ", ie " the market." It is natural to call this name as it was a center of Aswan convoys coming to and from the heart . In the Ptolemaic era, were named "O" , and then he called the Nubians " Lipa Swan ." Aswan was also known as the " gold country " , where they serve as a great treasure , and the burial place of the kings of Nubia . After the Islamic conquest of Nubia inhabited by some Arab tribes , after the population was up to that time of the Nubians only . From the beautiful and rare things that got them in ancient times , it was the place in which he denied the theory of Eratosthenes Flatland , was first held the account for the Eart...

Sharm El Sheikh - Egypt

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Sharm el-Sheikh ( " Sharm " in short ) is a very popular tourist city in Egypt and the Arab world and also foreign , thanks to its location and its climate and its beaches . The largest city in the province of South Sinai and the installations and facilities and tourist resorts , always constitutes a shrine and major tourist regiments from around the world . Diving in Sharm el-Sheikh of the most attractive events , which is one of the three places allocated to dive in Egypt , which is well-known in this area on a global level . It is also an excellent area for surfing, which he does a lot of tourists there. Sharm el-Sheikh is situated at the confluence of the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea , where the beaches are offset by Saudi Arabia , and aligns there are islands of Tiran and Sanafir . It did not take this tourist city more than ten years to evolve from a small village to a tourist town where today nearly 150 hotels and resorts , and restaurants E...

Dubai - Emirates state

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The city of Dubai Emirate and a revival in modern infrastructure and modern at all levels , as witnessed in the recent large-scale projects and a giant by any standards , most notably the Burj Khalifa , the Dubai Land and Business Bay and Burj Al Arab Dubai, the capital of the Emirate of Dubai ; one of the emirates United Arab Emirates , is the largest emirate after Abu Dhabi. Considered the economic capital of the UAE , its economy and the lack of active free tax system played a key role in attracting investors from all over the world . Financial income is limited to only oil , but also on trade , real estate, financial services and tourism as well. This is a great achievement for the state was founded in the thirties of the nineteenth century ( in 1833 ) , where he settled hundreds of Al Maktoum in the area of ​​the creek that was just a natural harbor for the region , and the region was known for fishing and pearl trade . Dubai has emerged as a port always a central and ac...

Tourism in Ankara, the capital of the Turkish state

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The origin of the name of the city of Ankara to the word " Onkira " Greek , which means anchor the ship , which is today the capital of the Turkish state and the second largest city after Istanbul . More than the population of Ankara about 4 million people, which is centered on the Anatolian plateau in the middle of Turkey , since more than 10,000 years , which was inhabited by ancient man then successively by Alhatheon and Hittites and Alfrejeon and Allidion and Alokhmignon Persians and Macedonians , and the Chaldeans , Romans, Byzantines and Seljuks , Mongols and Ottomans in the 14th century . Ankara and gained importance in ancient times as a result of its location at the crossroads of Anatolia. Ankara continental climate is very cold in the winter, so snow , while summer may be hot and dry climates . Therefore, the tourists prefer months June through September / September to visit the city and go to the tomb of Kemal Ataturk , the founder of the Turkish Republ...

Doha is the capital of the State of Qatar

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Doha is the capital of the State of Qatar  And its vibrant and more prosperous cities of the Arab world . Population of more than half a million people , and enjoy the beautiful coastline and extended overlooking the Arabian Gulf . Concentrated where governance institutions , government departments , financial institutions and businesses. A large harbor and airport sophisticated and modern. Built on the Doha Bay and the sea date back to its founding in 1686 AD in the area of innovation that has been central in the history of Qatar, the old , and the first agreement signed confession by virtue of Qatar in 1868, with Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani . Between Doha and fads , which differ in architecture and nature , there is the top of the Qlatan one on a rocky shelf and the other inside the town itself . The city of Doha exceptional and strange in terms of its population today , Most are foreigners ( India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Syria, Egypt and North Africa , East Asia and other...

Ergalh the port of Tyre in Lebanon

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I have resisted the city of Tyre Alexander the Great himself ! This city, which constitute a peninsula on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea , is the most famous metropolises throughout history , where she played a role during the period of the Phoenician Vsatrt on maritime trade and settlement constructed Carthage in Tunisia . City Jabara , enterprising and courageous position and formed Mvsalitin force in the history of the region out of date. Photos away from Beirut about 85 kilometers , is located between Sidon and Acre , surrounded by a narrow coastal plain extends to Mount factor . Photos famous for its water comes from fresh springs of Ras al-Ain and Rashidiya springs and spring Bakbouk appointed Aabrine then the Litani River ( Qasimia ) . Do you start planning a tour this spring ? Stated in the old contract for its strength and Jportha old, and all the historians and writers sing with excellence and unrivaled . Begins its recorded history and documented for more than 1,0...

Fujairah City is the capital of the Emirate

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Fujairah City is the capital of the Emirate of Fujairah and the headquarters of the government and government departments . This ancient city , and as old as history , where it was before the birth of Christ, "the land of the giants ," a first stop for the migration of the Phoenicians to the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula . Like other cities in the United Arab Emirates rolled out of the developments and changes since the mid- sixty years of the last century , and is today the center of economic and trade prominent , Includes since 1996 Center Fujairah Exhibition , also achieved city of Fujairah successful investment in several sectors formed an attraction for business in the Gulf and the Middle East . In the city of Fujairah International Airport is " Fujairah International Airport " and the port of Fujairah , namely the two centers are very important in terms of trade and exchange between the Arab region and the Far East . She also has Fujairah Municipali...

Muscat, capital of Oman

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If you want to do a trip to a beautiful place that knows the cleanest place in the Arab world, home is the place you are looking for. Available in this city, and several museums of contemporary cinema houses, shopping malls and restaurants, you see a normal panel drawn gone viewers.

Dead Sea

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Nothing in the world is like a water surface of the Dead Sea : record decline from the surface of the sea , brackish waters, although they feed on the fresh waters of the Jordan River . Although renamed , which was launched by the lack of organisms in it, it is alive and rich sea salts and minerals that make up the enormous wealth utilized in industry and medicine and treatment. Waters are rich Dead Sea salts and mud extracted from successful treatment of many skin diseases , as well as ease of swimming in it because of the high salinity in the water , where no human needs to the knowledge of the art of swimming . One does not drown in the Dead Sea ! Salts of sodium, potassium , manganese and bromine is the secret of this place is attracting tourists from all over the earth . The area of ​​the Dead Sea in 2002.650 square kilometers . Has reached a length of time to 67 km and width 18 km , and the depth at the deepest point of 380 meters (ie, 800 meters below sea level ) . As a re...

Abu Dhabi , capital of the United Arab Emirates

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It's double the capital : the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates . It is also an exciting city originally being an island , and its extensions towards the mainland and surrounding islands . Being the capital of the Double They include the headquarters of the head of state , embassies and the headquarters of the emirate's ruling also . Abu Dhabi city - such as the city of Dubai - did not receive the prosperity and tranquility of oil , but turned into a city of its economy diversified , where you find the investments of the areas of economy and tourism , which has the largest proportion of the rich in the world ( more than 75,000 millionaire ) , also gives a measure " Fortune , " the title of" the richest city in the world. " Linked to Abu Dhabi Island - the largest island in the UAE - four bridges : the bridge section and Mussafah Bridge and Sheikh Zayed Bridge and the new Sheikh Khalifa Bridge . And by virtue o...

The city of Amman , capital of Jordan

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Amman is the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan and the center of the province of the capital , and is the largest cities in the Kingdom in terms of area and population . It's a well-deserved mountain town , and perhaps one of the most mountainous cities in Arab countries. A variety of terrain ranging from mountain and desert. Who loves the mountains and the climate will find its goal of 20 to the summit of Mount extends down this big city , and longs for the desert air , but he does not have to travel toward the east of the city . It's commercial and administrative center of Jordan and his heart, economic, educational , where it became a rallying point for many of the Arab communities to its unique location and architecture of contemporary , also attracts a lot of tourists annually from Western Europe and North America , Japan, Australia and the neighboring Arab countries and nearby, and many of the families of the Gulf states in particular , as infested tourist attraction...

Hurghada tourist city on the coast of the Red Sea

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The town of Hurghada tourist Egyptian Red Sea coast , which is also the capital of the province of the Red Sea . The beaches and maritime activities in which the element of attraction for the many tourists who come . Hurghada away from Ras Gharib 143 km , and is located entirely on the west of the Red Sea Mountains . Hurghada is the fourth largest city in the coast of the Red Sea in Egypt , where the length of the block construction on the coast about 23 km , while the spread to no more than 4 kilometers from the inside , which indicates that the city of Hurghada know how to take advantage of all the meters from the beautiful shores of the Red Sea . Changing the depth of the coast Sahli in the city , where that is located between Hurghada Hilltin , and this affects the extension and construction of buildings in the old city center , a random urban fabric , while the urban fabric seems much better in the new neighborhoods along the coast. Naming back to Hurghada Algrdq tree , wher...