town of Saint Catherine

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The town of Saint Catherine is a small settlement in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula that serves as a base for pilgrims and tourists visiting the nearby Mount Catherine and Saint Catherine’s Monastery.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
town of Saint Catherine canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate arid climate ⓘ
desert climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
economyBasedOn services for pilgrims ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation high-altitude settlement ⓘ
governorateCapitalOf Saint Catherine Markaz ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center ⓘ
pilgrimage hub ⓘ
tourist hub ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Bedouin settlements ⓘ
High Mountains of South Sinai ⓘ
Mount Sinai region ⓘ
hasNearbyPeak Mount Catherine (highest mountain in Egypt) ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Saint Catherine Protectorate ⓘ
hasTourismType eco-tourism ⓘ
mountain tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
localEthnicGroups Bedouin ⓘ
locatedIn Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
South Sinai Governorate ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ
near Mount Catherine ⓘ
Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ
primaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
region South Sinai ⓘ
religiousHeritage associated with Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ
gateway to Mount Sinai pilgrimage routes ⓘ
religiousSignificance Christian pilgrimage center ⓘ
roadAccessFrom Dahab ⓘ
Sharm El Sheikh ⓘ
servesAs base for pilgrims ⓘ
base for tourists ⓘ
terrain desert mountains ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
touristInfrastructure guesthouses ⓘ
restaurants ⓘ
small hotels ⓘ
tour operators ⓘ
transportMode road transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Jabal Katrinah → accessPoint → town of Saint Catherine ⓘ
historic Saint Catherine region → contains → town of Saint Catherine ⓘ