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Line 1: {{For\|the bacterial strain\|El Tor}} {{Redirect\|Raithu}} {{Redirect\|El-Tur\|other uses of Tur\|Tur (disambiguation){{!}}Tur}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> Line 7 ⟶ 9: \|native_name = {{lang\|ar\|الطور}} \|nickname = \|settlement_type = ~~city~~[[List of cities and towns in Egypt\|City]] \|motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> \|image_skyline = ~~El-Tor.~~{{photomontage ~~South Sinai. Egypt 03.jpg~~ \|photo1a = Hammam Musa (Moses' Bath), hot spring, El-Tor. South Sinai. Egypt. 03.jpg ~~\|imagesize = 300px~~ \|photo2a = El-Tor. South Sinai. Egypt. 01.jpg \|photo3a = Mount Sinai (997008872697505171).jpg \|photo3b = Mount Sinai (997008872698605171.jpg \|photo4a = El Tor, Qesm at Tour, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt - panoramio.jpg \|photo4b = Mount Moses.jpg \|size = 270 \|color = transparent \|spacing = 1 }} \|image_caption = \|image_flag = Line 46 ⟶ 57: <!-- Area ---------------------> \|area_magnitude = \|area_footnotes = <ref name="citypopulation">{{cite web \|title=Aṭ-Ṭūr (Kism (urban and rural parts), Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location \|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/egypt/admin/s%C4%ABn%C4%81_al_jan%C5%ABbiyah/3501__a%E1%B9%AD_%E1%B9%AD%C5%ABr/ \|website=citypopulation.de \|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ~~\|area_footnotes =~~ \|area_total_km2 = ~~<!--~~2,581 ~~ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion-->~~ \|area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> \|population_as_of = ~~2012~~2021 \|population_footnotes = <ref name="citypopulation" /> \|population_note = \|population_total = ~~32877~~43,720 \|population_density_km2 = auto \|population_density_sq_mi = auto \|population_metro = \|population_density_metro_km2 = auto \|population_density_metro_sq_mi = auto \|population_blank1_title = Ethnicities \|population_blank1 = \|population_density_blank1_km2 = auto \|population_density_blank1_sq_mi = auto <!-- General information ---------------> \|timezone = [[Egypt Standard Time\|EST]] Line 69 ⟶ 80: \|utc_offset_DST = \|coordinates = {{coord\|28\|14\|30\|N\|33\|37\|20\|E\|region:EG\|display=inline,title}} \|elevation_footnotes = <~~!--for~~ref ~~references:~~name="citypopulation" ~~use <ref> <~~/~~ref> tags--~~> \|elevation_m = 414 \|elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> Line 83 ⟶ 94: \|footnotes = }} '''El Tor''' ({{lang-ar\|الطور}} ''{{~~transl~~transliteration\|ar\|ALA\|aṭ-Ṭūr}}/{{~~transl~~transliteration\|arz\|et-Ṭūr }}'' {{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''. 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== Line 97 ⟶ 108: ===Modern Egypt=== El Tor was captured by [[Israel]] during the [[Six -Day War]] of 1967. ~~However,~~It ~~Egypt’s~~was ~~victory~~returned into ~~the~~Egypt, ~~[[Yom~~along ~~Kippur~~with ~~War]]~~the rest of ~~1973 forced~~ the ~~Israelis~~Sinai toPeninsula, ~~retreat~~following ~~from~~the ~~Sinai~~1979 ~~for~~Egypt–Israel peace ~~and it was returned to [[Egypt]] in 1979~~treaty. == ~~Climate~~Geography == === Climate === Its climate is classified by [[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system\|Köppen-Geiger system]] as [[hot desert climate\|hot desert]] (BWh).