Ras Gharib

Egypt
Ras Gharib, Egypt
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A grid-planned Egyptian Red Sea town spread across bare desert terrain beside the Gulf of Suez, where the industrial scale of petroleum infrastructure shapes the landscape and the surrounding arid hills offer a stark, dramatic backdrop.

  • Population44,852
  • Nearest water13.2 km
  • Nearest mountain29.4 km