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Elgeel Elmuslim Primary Girls. Nature Reserves St. Catherine Protectorate South Sinai.
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Elgeel Elmuslim Primary Girls Nature ReservesSt. Catherine ProtectorateSouth Sinai
Saint Catherine protected natural and cultural protected is located on a high plateau in South Sinai, surrounded by high mountains and covers an area of about 4350 km2. And declared protected in 1988 and was activating the reserve in 1996. St. Catherine Protectorate tracking of the EEAA, Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, Egypt.Region is characterized by its proximity to the highest peaks in Egypt, and contain many of the biota, is found out to about 30 species of reptiles rare and 472 of botany rare including medical, including toxic and 19 kind of endemic plants that do not grow anywhere in the ball ground only protected Mountains.
Area features St. Catherine a reserve: St. Catherine Featuring on cultural and religious in addition to being one of the most important natural shelters for most of the plants rare endemic in Sinai and whose existence is limited in Egypt on this region which is characterized by the following:* The occurrence of the region on a high plateau surrounded by high mountains multiple colors.* Monastery of St. Catherine and the main church which is located inside a mosque is due to the Fatimid era.* The existence of some significant wells including: Moses, well, well Zaytoonah a depth of about 38 m away from the town of Katherine, about 6 km, well Aaron depth of about 40 m away from the city of about 2 km.
Saint Catherine Protectorate Limits the north and protected led Zgrh - colored mountain - Blink village - an oasis mice. On the east end and led Zgrh - by Dahab tucked Valley until egg Mountain - southward through the Sharm el-Sheikh / phase length of about 20 km. The city of St. Catherine on a high plateau at the end of Wadi El-Sheikh and the valleys Alasbaah and forty-Schrage and Altalh, also has Wadi comfort and also an oasis Ferran entrance protected the North West, which has many springs and plantations of fruit most important palm trees There is also the city's Saint Catherine's Monastery.
Range heights of those valleys from about 1500 m to 1600 m above sea level and is surrounded in St. Catherine several mountains of varying height are: Mount Catherine, the highest summit in Egypt (2641 m) - Moses Mountain (2285 m) - Mount Safsafa (2145 m) - Mount manufacturers (1969)- red mountain (2037 m) Mount Palace Abbas (2341 m) and the mountains Catherine is one of the most important elements of tourist attractions in the area.
Side of tourism in protected There are various aspects of tourism in protected Catherine from the date of civilized and natural resources, religious, where there is a city of Saint Catherine Saint Catherine's Monastery and Church main library famous mosque inside the monastery and a well of Moses, as there is in the area of Catherine place of the Prophet Aaron, and the shrine of NabiSaleh peace be upon them and is the monastery of the most important religious shrines tourism in South Sinai in addition to Mount Moses and Mount intimacy and Mount Abbas and the way out, who traveled by Moses and the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt and through the Holy Family, which taken by when fleeing the Roman governor.
Biodiversity St. Catherine containing protected natural wealth and a great cultural heritage, also has a natural desert habitat for many plant and animal biology, as follows:
Animal life Represented in mammalian species (25 species), including Altil Nubian and deer Egyptian lint and Tiger the Sinai and the wolf and hyena, fox and Hardun and Alguenvd Arab and mouse marrow, gerbils and others, and there are many types of reptiles (27 species) like a snake and taresha and lizard and waral and live and others, and birds (50 species) like a stork and eagle and falcon, osprey, and Alausag and Shunnar and Qatta crowned and Lunar and album and ablaq and crow and sparrow the Sinai and others, and also invertebrate animals such as scorpions, in addition to (40 species) of insects, the most important butterfly Sinai blue very small.
Plant life The Sanctuary of Saint Catherine of the most important habitats for most rare plants endemic in Sinai and that up to about (472 species), which limited its presence in Egypt on this region, such as HH, basil, thyme, wormwood and Agrm and Alzeiteran and Baatran and Blink and drunken and others from which the medicinal plants and fodder and fuel for local consumption . and management works protected on the establishment of a database on medicinal plants and collect most of the battles on the use and protection of intellectual property rights in this area, where he took a draft conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants it upon himself to gather this knowledge has also worked on the preparation of a national strategy for the conservation of medicinal plants and provide job opportunities for residents locals.
St. Catherine Protectorate has become a global protected Given the importance of the region and the historical and cultural character and religious have been declared protected world cultural heritage in 2002 in the framework of the World Heritage Convention of UNESCO because they contain a unique cultural heritage.
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