Arish or El-Arish is the capital and largest city of the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt, as well as the largest city on the Sinai Peninsula, lying on the Mediterranean coast 344 kilometres (214 mi) northeast of Cairo and 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of the Egypt–Gaza border. Its estimated population was 204,391 in 2023.
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In antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, the city was known as Rinokoroura. ʻArīsh is located at the mouth of Wadi al-Arish, a 250 kilometres (160 mi) long ephemeral watercourse. The Azzaraniq Protectorate is on the eastern side of ʻArīsh.
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Towns around Arīsh
- Ash Shaykh Zuwayd31 km E
- Rafaḩ45 km E
- Rafaḩ46 km NE
- Khān Yūnis54 km NE
- Banī Suhaylā55 km NE
- ‘Abasān al Kabīrah56 km E
- Al Qarārah58 km NE
- Dayr al Balaḩ61 km NE
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