Saint Catherine
Egypt
Saint Catherine's Monastery and Mount Sinai draw religious pilgrims and mountain trekkers to this small high-altitude town in Egypt's South Sinai, surrounded by the highest peaks in Sinai and in Egypt as a whole. The area was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002 and is also Egypt's largest nature reserve. Snow covers the mountain summits in winter, while summers are mild — a climate shaped by the town's considerable elevation on a plateau deep in southern Sinai.
- Population4,603
- Nearest water from center0.1 km
- Nearest mountain from center1.6 km
- UNESCO within 50 km1