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Ras Gharib

Egypt / al-Bahhr-al-Ahhmar / Ras Gharib /
 city, seaport, oil and gas industry
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Ras Gharib (Egyptian Arabic: راس غارب Rās Ġāreb pronounced [ɾɑːs ˈɣæːɾeb]) is a municipality in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, situated on the African side of the Gulf of Suez. It is the second-largest city in the governorate after Hurghada, and 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.
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Coordinates:   28°21'4"N   33°4'48"E

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  • nagy shendy (guest)
    it is agood data for the fisher
  • nagy shendy (guest)
    Iwill try to use these data during next trip (30/11/2012) and i will decide if it is applicable or not.
  • mohamed ashraf (guest)
    mohamed
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