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The Sinai Peninsula or simply Sinai ('; ', ; "") is a peninsula in ___MASK29___ , 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 and a population of approximately 1 , 400 , 000 people . The bulk of the peninsula is divided administratively into two of ___MASK29___ ' s 27 governorates ( with three more straddling the Suez Canal area ). ___MASK92___ ('), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of ___MASK92___ ('), is an Arab kingdom in Western Asia , on the East Bank of the ___MASK92___ River . ___MASK92___ is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south , Iraq to the north - east , ___MASK87___ to the north , Israel , Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south - west . ___MASK92___ is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia , Africa and Europe . The capital , Amman , is ___MASK92___ ' s most populous city as well as the country ' s economic , political and cultural centre . The ___MASK85___ (' ), or simply Gaza "', is a small self - governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea , that borders ___MASK29___ on the ___MASK46___ for and Israel on the east and north along a border . Gaza , together with the West Bank , comprise the Palestinian territories claimed by the Palestinians as the State of Palestine . The territories of Gaza and the West Bank are separated from each other by Israeli territory . Both fall under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority , but Gaza has since June 2007 been governed by Hamas , a Palestinian Islamic organization which came to power in free elections in 2006 . It has been placed under an Israeli and U . S .- led international economic and political boycott from that time onwards . Rapid transit , also known as heavy rail , metro , subway , tube , or underground , is a type ___MASK45___ high - capacity public transport generally found in urban areas . Unlike buses or trams , rapid transit systems are electric railways that operate on an exclusive right - ___MASK45___ - way , which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles ___MASK45___ any sort , and which is often grade separated in tunnels or on elevated railways . The ___MASK53___ ( also the Erythraean Sea ) is a seawater inlet ___MASK45___ the ___MASK54___ Ocean , lying between Africa and Asia . The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf ___MASK45___ Aden . To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula , the Gulf ___MASK45___ Aqaba , and the Gulf ___MASK45___ Suez ( leading to the Suez Canal ). The ___MASK53___ is a Global 200 ecoregion . The sea is underlain by the ___MASK53___ Rift which is part ___MASK45___ the Great Rift Valley . A land bridge , in biogeography , is an isthmus or wider land connection between otherwise separate areas , over which animals and plants are able to ___MASK1___ and colonise new lands . A land bridge can be created by marine regression , in which sea levels fall , exposing shallow , previously submerged sections of continental shelf ; or when new land is created by plate tectonics ; or occasionally when the sea floor rises due to post - glacial rebound after an ice age . Helwan (""), is a city in ___MASK29___ and part of Greater Cairo , on the bank of the Nile , opposite the ruins of Memphis . Originally a southern suburb of Cairo , it served as the capital of the now defunct Helwan Governorate from April 2008 to April 2011 , after which it was re - incorporated into the ___MASK37___ . The " kism " of Helwan had a population of 643 , 327 at the 2006 population census . ___MASK74___ is the world ' s second - largest and second - ___MASK99___ - populous continent . At about 30 . 3 million km² ( 11 . 7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % of Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % of its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as of 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % of the world ' s human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast , the ___MASK54___ Ocean to the southeast , and the Atlantic Ocean to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . The ___MASK25___ Metro (" Metro Anfq al - Qhirah ", lit . " ___MASK25___ Tunnel Metro " or ) is the rapid transit system in Greater ___MASK25___ , ___MASK29___ . It was the first of only two full - fledged metro systems in Africa and only four in the Arab world . It was opened in 1987 as Line 1 from Helwan to Ramsis square with a length of . As of 2014 , the ___MASK25___ Metro has 61 stations ( mostly At - grade ), of which 3 are transfer stations , with a total length of . The system consists of three operational lines numbered from 1 to 3 . As of 2013 , the metro carried nearly 4 million passengers per day . ___MASK29___ (; ', , " Kimi "), officially the Arab Republic of ___MASK29___ , is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and ___MASK46___ corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula . ___MASK29___ is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast , the Gulf of Aqaba to the east , the Red Sea to the east and south , Sudan to the south , and Libya to the west . Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies ___MASK92___ , and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia , although ___MASK92___ and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with ___MASK29___ . It is the world ' s only contiguous Afrasian nation . ___MASK6___ ("") is a country in the Maghreb region ___MASK45___ North Africa , bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , ___MASK29___ to the east , Sudan to the southeast , Chad and Niger to the south , and Algeria and Tunisia to the west . The three traditional parts ___MASK45___ the country are Tripolitania , Fezzan and Cyrenaica . With an area ___MASK45___ almost , ___MASK6___ is the fourth largest country in Africa , and is the 16th largest country in the world . ___MASK6___ has the 10th - largest proven oil reserves ___MASK45___ any country in the world . ___MASK38___ (" as - Sdn ", ), also known as North ___MASK38___ and officially the Republic of the ___MASK38___ (" Jumhriyyat as - Sdn "), is a country in Northern Africa . It is bordered by ___MASK29___ to the north , the Red Sea , Eritrea , and Ethiopia to the east , ___MASK63___ to the south , the Central African Republic to the southwest , Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest . It is the third largest country in Africa . The River Nile divides the country into eastern and western halves . Before the Sudanese Civil War , ___MASK63___ was part of ___MASK38___ but broke away in 2011 . Its predominant religion is Islam . El - Marg ( Arabic :    ) is a station on the ___MASK25___ Metro that is located at El - Marg district in north ___MASK47___ ___MASK25___ , ___MASK29___ . It is on Line 1 and is an above ground station . ___MASK78___ , officially known as the Kingdom ___MASK45___ ___MASK78___ ( KSA ), is an Arab sovereign state in Western Asia constituting the bulk ___MASK45___ the Arabian Peninsula . With a land area ___MASK45___ approximately , ___MASK78___ is geographically the fifth - largest state in Asia and second - largest state in the Arab world after ___MASK72___ . ___MASK78___ is bordered by ___MASK92___ and Iraq to the north , Kuwait to the northeast , Qatar , Bahrain , and the United Arab Emirates to the east , Oman to the southeast , and Yemen to the south . It is separated from Israel and Egypt by the Gulf ___MASK45___ Aqaba . It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast , and most ___MASK45___ its terrain consists ___MASK45___ arid desert or barren landforms . ___MASK59___ , officially known as the State ___MASK45___ ___MASK59___ , is a country in the Middle ___MASK47___ , on the southeastern shore ___MASK45___ the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore ___MASK45___ the Red Sea . It has land borders with Lebanon to the north , ___MASK87___ to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories ___MASK45___ the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . ___MASK59___ ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat ___MASK45___ government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city ___MASK45___ Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized . Greater ___MASK25___ ("") is the largest metropolitan area in ___MASK29___ and the largest urban area in Africa . It is the third largest urban area in the Islamic World after Jakarta and Karachi , and the world ' s 16th largest metropolitan area , consisting of ___MASK37___ , New ___MASK25___ City , Giza , Shubra El - Kheima , 6th of October City and Obour City , with a total population estimated at 20 , 500 , 000 ( as of 2012 ); area : 1 , 709 km ; density : 10 , 400 / km . The Arab world ('; formally : '), also known as the Arab nation (""), consists ___MASK45___ the 22 Arabic - speaking countries ___MASK45___ the Arab League . These Arab states occupy an area stretching from the ___MASK80___ in the ___MASK18___ to the Arabian Sea in the ___MASK47___ , and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn ___MASK45___ Africa and the ___MASK54___ Ocean in the southeast . The contemporary Arab world has a combined population ___MASK45___ around 422 million people , over half ___MASK45___ whom are under 25 years ___MASK45___ age . The ___MASK69___ ___MASK45___ Aqaba (" Khalij al - Aqabah ") or ___MASK69___ ___MASK45___ Eilat (" Mifrats Eilat ") is a large gulf at the ___MASK33___ tip ___MASK45___ the Red Sea , ___MASK47___ ___MASK45___ the Sinai Peninsula and west ___MASK45___ the Arabian ___MASK97___ . Its coastline is divided between four countries : ___MASK29___ , Israel , ___MASK92___ , and Saudi Arabia . Asia is ___MASK67___ ' s largest and ___MASK99___ populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass ___MASK45___ Eurasia with the continent ___MASK45___ Europe . Asia covers an area ___MASK45___ , about 30 % ___MASK45___ ___MASK67___ ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % ___MASK45___ the ___MASK67___ ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority ___MASK45___ the human population , was the site ___MASK45___ many ___MASK45___ the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent ___MASK45___ 4 . 4 billion people .