El Gouna

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El Gouna
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El Gouna
El Gouna
 

El Gouna (Egyptian Arabic: الجونة [elˈɡuːnæ], "the Lagoon") is an Egyptian tourist city created in 1990, and is owned and developed by Samih Sawiris' Orascom Development,[3]. It is located on the Red Sea in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt, 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Hurghada. It is part of the Red Sea Riviera, and a host city of the El Gouna Film Festival.[4]

El Gouna has 10 kilometers of coastline and consists of 20 islands surrounded by lagoons. The town is 25 kilometers away from the Hurghada International Airport.

El Gouna buildings were designed by European and American architects to resemble traditional rural Egyptian architecture such as that found in the Egyptian Countryside and in Nubian villages. El Gouna specializes in water-sports. There are several beaches: including Zeytuna Beach (Arabic: شاطئ زيتونة) located on its own island, Mangroovy Beach, Moods Beach and other hotel beaches.

There are three main areas in El Gouna, Downtown, Tamr Henna Square (Arabic: ميدان تمر حنة) and the Abu Tig Marina (Arabic: مارينا أبو تيج).

It also has El Gouna Mosque and a Coptic Orthodox Church; the Church of St. Mary and the Archangels.

In 2017 an annual film festival was established, the El Gouna Film Festival.[5] Founded by telecom billionaire Naguib Sawiris,[6] El Gouna Film Festival was previously attended by globally prominent celebrities including Grey's Anatomy's Patrick Dempsey,[7] Rambo's Sylvester Stallone[8] and Midnight in Paris' Owen Wilson.[9]

Climate

The weather in El Gouna is sunny all year long. Temperatures range between 17 °C (63 °F) and 33 °C (91 °F). Humidity is 22% on average.[10] Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh).

Climate data for El Gouna
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 21.3
(70.3)		 22.6
(72.7)		 24.9
(76.8)		 28.5
(83.3)		 31.8
(89.2)		 34.1
(93.4)		 34.8
(94.6)		 34.8
(94.6)		 32.6
(90.7)		 30.2
(86.4)		 26.6
(79.9)		 22.7
(72.9)		 28.7
(83.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 15.3
(59.5)		 16.3
(61.3)		 18.8
(65.8)		 22.4
(72.3)		 25.8
(78.4)		 28.6
(83.5)		 29.6
(85.3)		 29.6
(85.3)		 27.7
(81.9)		 24.9
(76.8)		 20.8
(69.4)		 16.8
(62.2)		 23.1
(73.5)
Average low °C (°F) 9.4
(48.9)		 10.1
(50.2)		 12.8
(55.0)		 16.3
(61.3)		 19.9
(67.8)		 23.1
(73.6)		 24.4
(75.9)		 24.5
(76.1)		 22.9
(73.2)		 19.6
(67.3)		 15
(59)		 11
(52)		 17.4
(63.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 1
(0.0)		 1
(0)
Source: Climate-Data.org[11]

See also

References
  1. "ArchNet - Alfredo Freda: El Gouna", archnet.org
  2. "El Gouna Village", lafarge.com
  3. "Africa's fifty Samih Sawiris". Forbes. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  4. "Blaze hits El Gouna Film Festival site in Egypt". BBC News. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  5. "El Gouna Film Festival kicks off its first edition in Egypt". English.alarabiya.net. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  6. Vivarelli, Nick (2023-02-22). "Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival Is Back After One Year Hiatus". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  7. "Patrick Dempsey and Jean-Jacques Annaud present new TV series at the El Gouna Film Festival". euronews. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  8. Vivarelli, Nick (2018-10-01). "Sylvester Stallone, 'A Land Imagined' Honored at El Gouna Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  9. "Owen Wilson describes toughest time of his career and reveals favourite film". euronews. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  10. "Weather in El Gouna". Bookelgouna. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  11. "Climate: El Gouna - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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