Egyptian administration of Sinai

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The Egyptian administration of Sinai refers to the period when Egypt exercised sovereign civil and military control over the Sinai Peninsula prior to its occupation by Israel.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
political administration ⓘ
administeredBy Egyptian central government ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian government
administeredThrough Egyptian Ministry of Interior ⓘ
Egyptian military authorities ⓘ
affectedByConflict Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
affectedByWar Suez Crisis of 1956 ⓘ
linked to: Suez Crisis
appliesToTerritory Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
borderedBy Gaza Strip ⓘ
Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Palestine Mandate ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine

Suez Canal ⓘ
capitalForAdministration Cairo ⓘ
countryExercisingControl Egypt ⓘ
currencyUsed Egyptian pound ⓘ
economicActivity limited agriculture ⓘ
mining in some areas ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
endedBy Israeli military conquest in Six-Day War ⓘ
endPoint 1967 ⓘ
endPointDescription Israeli occupation of Sinai during the Six-Day War ⓘ
follows British administration of Sinai ⓘ
Ottoman administration of Sinai ⓘ
geopoliticalContext decolonization of the Middle East ⓘ
includedLocalPopulation Bedouin tribes ⓘ
Egyptian settlers ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Arabic ⓘ
legalStatus part of Egyptian sovereign territory ⓘ
legalSystemApplied Egyptian law ⓘ
militaryInfrastructure Egyptian army bases ⓘ
coastal fortifications ⓘ
partOf modern history of Egypt ⓘ
precedes Israeli occupation of Sinai ⓘ
relatedAgreementAfterEnd Camp David Accords ⓘ
relatedOutcomeAfterEnd eventual return of Sinai to Egyptian sovereignty ⓘ
religiousSitesAdministered St. Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ
restoredAfter withdrawal of foreign forces in 1957 ⓘ
securityRole buffer zone between Egypt and Palestine/Israel ⓘ
sovereigntyRecognizedBy most states and international community prior to 1967 ⓘ
startPoint 1922 ⓘ
startPointDescription after establishment of Kingdom of Egypt and end of British protectorate in legal terms ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Gulf of Aqaba access ⓘ
control of approaches to Suez Canal ⓘ
temporaryInterruption Anglo-French-Israeli occupation of parts of Sinai in 1956 ⓘ
linked to: Suez Crisis
typeOfControl military control ⓘ
sovereign civil control ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Israeli occupation of Sinai Peninsula → precededBy → Egyptian administration of Sinai ⓘ
Israeli occupation of Sinai Peninsula → followedBy → Egyptian administration of Sinai ⓘ
Sinai front → precededBy → Egyptian remilitarization of Sinai (May 1967) ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian administration of Sinai