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'''El Tor''' ({{lang-ar|الطور}} ''{{transltransliteration|ar|ALA|aṭ-Ṭūr}}&#x202f;/&#x202f;{{transltransliteration|arz|et-Ṭūr&nbsp;}}'' {{IPA-arz|etˈtˤuːɾ}}), also [[Romanization|romanized]] as ''Al-Tur'' and ''At-Tur'' and known as ''Tur Sinai'', formerly '''Raithu''', is a small city and the capital of the [[South Sinai Governorate]] of [[Egypt]]. The name of the city comes from the Arabic term for the mountain where the prophet [[Moses]] is believed to have received the [[Tablets of Stone|Tablets of the Law]] from God; this mountain is designated ''Jabal Al Tor''.▼
[[File:Mar Vermelho 29.png|thumb|499x499px|Purple _ [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] in the Red Sea in the 16th & 17th century.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rise of Portuguese Power in India Por R. S. Whiteway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSz8lqqFckwC&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271&dq=suakin+Portuguese#v=onepage|date=June 1995|website=|isbn = 9788120605008|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|last1 = Whiteway|first1 = R. S.}}</ref> Campaigns against the Ottoman Empire. Yellow - Factories ( Mokha) Red - Allied Territorie or under inflluence. Dark Green - Campaigns of Adal.]]
▲'''El Tor''' ({{lang-ar|الطور}} ''{{transl|ar|ALA|aṭ-Ṭūr}}&#x202f;/&#x202f;{{transl|arz|et-Ṭūr&nbsp;}}'' {{IPA-arz|etˈtˤuːɾ}}), also [[Romanization|romanized]] as ''Al-Tur'' and ''At-Tur'' and known as ''Tur Sinai'', formerly '''Raithu''', is a small city and the capital of the [[South Sinai Governorate]] of [[Egypt]]. The name of the city comes from the Arabic term for the mountain where the prophet [[Moses]] received the [[Tablets of Stone|Tablets of the Law]] from God; this mountain is designated ''Jabal Al Tor''.
 
At-Tur itself appears to have been founded in the 13th century near the site of the ancient Raythou (medieval ''Raya'').<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Peacock|first1=David|last2=Peacock|author-link1=David Peacock (archaeologist)| first2=Andrew|title=The Enigma of 'Aydhab: a Medieval Islamic Port on the Red Sea Coast|url=https://www.academia.edu/16070958|journal=International Journal of Nautical Archaeology|year=2008|language=en|volume=37|issue=1|pages=32–48|doi=10.1111/j.1095-9270.2007.00172.x|issn=1057-2414}}</ref> The [[El Tor]]|El tor strain]] of [[cholera]] was discovered there in 1905. It was a [[quarantine]] camp for Muslim pilgrims returning from [[Hajj]] (the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca). Known for its springs, the city is an important tourist destination in the South Sinai Governorate along with [[Sharm El Sheikh]] and [[Saint Catherine, Egypt|Saint Catherine]].
 
==History==
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En route to Suez with the objective to seek and destroy the Ottoman fleet, a Portuguese Armada was sent in 1541 to Red Sea.
 
After several days sailing, the commander Estevão da Gama gives the order to direct a surprise attack. The troops wherewere able to disembark and the defenders came out to the shore but were pushed to the city not managing to close the city doors. The Portuguese as the city fell, wherewere ready to loot, but two Priests came to the Commander, and appeal to him avoiding the destruction. Several soldiers wherewere armed Knights after a mass, and the armada stayed for a few days preparing to sail and attack Suez.
 
===Modern Climate Egypt===
El Tor was captured by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967. It was returned to Egypt, along with the rest of the Sinai Peninsula, following the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty.
 
== Geography ==
=== Climate ===
Its climate is classified by [[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system|Köppen-Geiger system]] as [[hot desert climate|hot desert]] (BWh).
 
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| title = El–Tor Climate Normals 1961–1990
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdateaccess-date = October 25, 2015}}</ref>
 
| source 2 = Climate Charts<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.climate-charts.com/Locations/u/UB62459.php |title=El Tor, Egypt Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data |publisher=Climate Charts |accessdateaccess-date=12 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817034144/http://www.climate-charts.com/Locations/u/UB62459.php |archive-date=17 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
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== References ==
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==See also==
* [[List of cities and towns in Egypt]]
 
==External linksReferences ==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
* Portuguese Sea Battles Volume III - From Brazil to Japan 1539 - 1579 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Saturnino-Monteiro/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ASaturnino+Monteiro
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