North Sinai (Governorate, Egypt)

Shamal Sina', ءانيس لامش

Last modified: 2021-03-06 by ian macdonald
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image located by Ian MacDonald, 28 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020

• The governorate
• The flags
  • Earlier flag
• Coat of arms

See also:

• Egypt
• Egypt: Flags of governorates

The Governorate

Location: northern part of the Sinai peninsula
Area: 27,564 km˛
Population: 450,000
Main city: al-Arish
Ian MacDonald, 28 February 2021

The Flags

Aspect ratio of the flags: 2: 3
The flag from 2016 shows the freestanding coat of arms in ocher. All symbols refer to the economy of the governorate.
Ian MacDonald, 28 February 2021

Earlier Flag

image by Jaume Ollé

The flag from 2006 shows a white cogwheel quarter in ocher through which a blue fish swims over blue water (for the location on the Mediterranean Sea), on both sides parts of an olive branch.
Ian MacDonald, 28 February 2021

Coat of arms

image located by Ian MacDonald, 28 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020

In 2011 a free-standing coat of arms was created: an oil derrick, growing out of a cogwheel quarter through which a fish swims, with part of an olive branch in front.

image located by Ian MacDonald, 28 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020

This coat of arms was improved in 2014 to the extent that it was surrounded by a laurel wreath and thus better structured.
Ian MacDonald, 28 February 2021