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North Sinai (Governorate, Egypt)

Shamal Sina', ءانيس لامش

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

image by Zoltan Horvath, 26 December 2025

The governorate
The flags
- Earlier flag
Coat of arms

See also:

The Governorate

Location: northern part of the Sinai peninsula
Area: 27,564 km²
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 free-standing coat of arms in ocher. All symbols refer to the economy of the governorate.
Ian MacDonald, 28 February 2021

The flag reported in 2021 has seemingly been replaced by this new design with an olive wreath and lettering.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 December 2025

Earlier Flag

image located by William Garrison, 25 December 2025

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 Zoltan Horvath, 26 December 2025

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

The emblem image comes from Presidency website: https://www.presidency.eg/
Zoltan Horvath, 26 December 2025