El Gouna ( ar, الجونة ' , "the Lagoon") is an Egyptian tourist city, owned and developed by

Samih Sawiris Samih Onsi Sawiris ( ar, سميح أنسي ساويرس, ; born in 1957) is an Egyptian- Montenegrin businessman and billionaire and the second of three sons of Onsi Sawiris, the other two being Naguib Sawiris and Nassef Sawiris. He is the former ...

' Orascom Development, dating from 1989. It is located on the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

in the

Red Sea Governorate Red Sea Governorate ( ar, محافظة البحر الأحمر ) is one of the 27 governorates (States) of Egypt. Located between the Nile and the Red Sea in the southeast of the country, its southern border forms part of Egypt's border with ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...

, north of

Hurghada Hurghada (; ar, الغردقة ', ) is a city in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. It is one of the country's main tourist centres located on the Red Sea coast. Overview Hurghada was founded in the early 20th century. For many decades it wa ...

. It is part of the Red Sea Riviera, and a host city of the

El Gouna Film Festival The El Gouna Film Festival (GFF; ar, مهرجان الجونة السينمائي) is an annual film festival established in 2017, held in the Red Sea resort town of El Gouna, Egypt. The inaugural festival started September 22, 2017. The psychologi ...

. 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 Hurghada International Airport is the international airport of Hurghada in Egypt. It is located inland, southwest of El Dahar, the downtown of Hurghada. It is the second busiest airport in Egypt after Cairo International Airport and an importan ...

. El Gouna buildings were designed by European and

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architects An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

to resemble traditional

rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are de ...

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 ( ar, 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'' ( ar, ميدان تمر حنة) and the ''Abu Tig Marina'' ( ar, مارينا أبو تيج). It also has a mosque and a Coptic church, the Church of St. Mary and the Archangels. In 2017 an annual film festival was established, the

Climate

The weather in El Gouna is sunny all year long. Temperatures range between and . Humidity is 22% on average. Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as

hot desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one ...

(BWh).

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