Sinaí (Península)

"La península del Sinaí, o simplemente el Sinaí (en árabe, , Shibh Yaziret Sina' ; en hebreo, ) es una península con forma de triángulo, situada en la región asiática del Próximo Oriente. Políticamente pertenece a Egipto, limitando al norte con el mar Mediterráneo, al oeste con el istmo de Suez (que la une a África y por el que discurre el canal de Suez), al este, con la frontera con Israel (que la separa del desierto del Néguev), al noreste con la Franja de Gaza y al sur con el mar Rojo. Su vértice meridional se introduce en el citado mar definiendo dos golfos en el mismo, al oeste el golfo de Suez, y al este el golfo de Eilat o de Aqaba. En 2009 se descubrieron 4 templos que datan del Imperio Nuevo y del Primer Periodo Intermedio. En junio de 2009, se informó que los israelíes comienzan la búsqueda de petróleo en el Sinaí."

"The Sinai Peninsula or simply Sinai (/sana/; Arabic: Sn ; Egyptian Arabic: Sna, IPA: [sinæ]; Hebrew: Sinai) is a peninsula in Egypt, situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, serving as a land bridge between Asia and Africa. It is the only part of Egyptian territory located in Asia. Sinai has a land area of about 60,000 km2 (23,000 sq mi) and a population of approximately 1,400,000 people. The bulk of the peninsula is divided administratively into two of Egypt's 27 governorates (with three more straddling the Suez Canal area). The Sinai Peninsula has been a part of Egypt from the First Dynasty of ancient Egypt (c.3100 BC) until the 21st century. This comes in stark contrast to the region north of it, the Levant (present-day territories of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine), which, due largely to its strategic geopolitical location and cultural convergences, has historically been the centre of conflict between Egypt and various states of Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. In periods of foreign occupation, the Sinai was, like the rest of Egypt, also occupied and controlled by foreign empires, in more recent history the Ottoman Empire (1517-1867) and the United Kingdom (1882-1956). Israel invaded and occupied Sinai during the Suez Crisis (known in Egypt as the Tripartite Aggression due to the simultaneous coordinated attack by the UK, France and Israel) of 1956, and during the Six-Day War of 1967. On 6 October 1973, Egypt launched the Yom Kippur War to retake the peninsula, which was the site of fierce fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces. By 1982, as a result of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1979, Israel had withdrawn from all of the Sinai Peninsula except the contentious territory of Taba, which was returned after a ruling by a commission of arbitration in 1989. Today, Sinai has become a tourist destination due to its natural setting, rich coral reefs, and biblical history. Mount Sinai is one of the most religiously significant places in Abrahamic faiths."