Ra's Ghareb | |
Native Name: | Arabic: راس غارب |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Red Sea |
Established Title: | Founded |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 13,847 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 45,108 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
Population Density Metro Sq Mi: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
Population Density Blank1 Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 28.3597°N 33.0775°W |
Elevation M: | 16 |
Ra's Ghareb (Arabic: راس غارب pronounced as /ɾɑːs ˈɣæːɾeb/) is the northernmost of the markazes (municipalities) in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, situated on the African side of the Gulf of Suez. It has an area of 10,464.46 km². At the 2006 Egyptian national census, the population numbered 32,369.[2] It is one of the leading centers of petroleum production in Egypt, having housed the main operations for first the Anglo-Egyptian Oil Company (a branch of Royal Dutch Shell) and then the Egyptian national petroleum company. For a time it was the capital of the Red Sea Governorate.