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Shamal Sina is the Arabic name
for Northern Sinai, a governorate from the Sinai Peninsula,
Egypt. R This governorate was born after Israel withdrew from
the Sinai Peninsula, in 1978. The capital of Shamal Sina is
Al-Arish which is the governorate’s largest town and has a port
too. The large At-Tih Plateau dominates the Sinai Peninsula’s
Northern half, extending from the Southern limit of the
governorate to the North, close to the coastal plain of the
Mediterranean Sea. Wadi Al-Arish is a seasonal stream of 250
kilometers, lying in the governorate’s North-East part and
empting close to the Al Arish. The brackish and large Bardawil
Lake that has 690 square kilometers lies along the North coast;
in North the lake has as its boundary narrow and long sandbar
with two canals making the connection between the lake and the
sea. Shamal Sina is underlined by a big source of water from the
grounds which is supplied by the water coming from the winter’s
rainfalls. Many springs and wells are also supplying this water
source. An important role is played by agriculture, not only on
the Al-Arish` s plain but also on the coast; the efforts
regarding the irrigations and the reclamations made the lands
arable. Fruits, olives, vegetables, dates and barley crops are
the grown ones in this governorate. In the Bardawil Lake` s
South West edge fruit trees, vegetables and wood trees are also
cultivated due to some important reclamations. The costal region
is the place where the most of the Shamal Sina’s population
live. Nakhl, Bur Fu`ad, Rummanah and Al-Qantarah are other towns
of this governorate. Even from antiquity the governorate’s
Mediterranean road represented the principal thoroughfare for
the commercial and the military traffic in Egypt’s relation with
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