Businesses in Nuweiba

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Nuweiba

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Hotels and motels	56
Other accommodation	55
Campgrounds	52
Restaurants	52
Grocery stores and supermarkets	18
Holiday homes, cabins and resorts	14
Travel agencies	13
Bars, pubs and taverns	10
Atm's	9
Shopping	9
Apartments	8

Nuweiba Facts

Area	5526.0 km²
Population	8,936
Male Population	6,028 (67.5%)
Female Population	2,908 (32.5%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+51.4%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+20.5%
Median Age	25.9 years (Male: 27.9, Female: 19.7)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$13,362 (2022)
Neighborhoods	الميناء
Local Time
Timezone	Eastern European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	29.04681, 34.66340

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Nuweiba Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	5,902	7,660	7,417	8,604	8,936	8,953	8,726
Population Density	1.1 / km²	1.4 / km²	1.3 / km²	1.6 / km²	1.6 / km²	1.6 / km²	1.6 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Nuweiba Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 20.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Nuweiba	+51.4%	+16.7%	+20.5%
South Sinai Governorate	—	—	—
Egypt	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Nuweiba Median Age

Median Age: 25.9 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Nuweiba	25.9 yrs	19.7 yrs	27.9 yrs
South Sinai Governorate	27.6 yrs	26.1 yrs	28.2 yrs
Egypt	22.8 yrs	22.9 yrs	22.7 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Nuweiba Population Density

Population Density: 1.6 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Nuweiba	8,936	5,526 km²	1.6 / km²
South Sinai Governorate	142,459	29,276 km²	4.9 / km²
Egypt	90.9 million	980,394.9 km²	92.7 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Nuweiba Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Nuweiba

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Nuweiba

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Nuweiba Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$10,259	$12,136	$13,156	$12,165	$7,667	$12,728	$11,710	$13,362
Total GDP	$41M	$52.2M	$60.8M	$61.6M	$41.6M	$74.9M	$70.5M	$80.2M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Nuweiba CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Nuweiba	23,857 tn	2.67 tn	4.3 tons/km²
South Sinai Governorate	385,902 tn	2.71 tn	13.2 tons/km²
Egypt	209,857,539 tn	2.31 tn	214.1 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Nuweiba CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	23,857 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	2.67 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	4.3 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (4.5)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
7/8/15	2:15 AM	3.7	33.2 km	14,170 m	33km SSE of Nuwaybi`a, Egypt	usgs.gov
6/27/15	3:34 PM	5.5	0.8 km	22,000 m	0km SSE of Nuwaybi`a, Egypt	usgs.gov
12/11/07	8:38 AM	4	30.5 km	1,000 m	Egypt	usgs.gov
4/6/00	6:37 AM	4.2	25.4 km	10,000 m	Egypt	usgs.gov
3/8/00	2:22 PM	4.9	24.5 km	10,000 m	Egypt	usgs.gov
12/8/99	3:35 AM	4	31.1 km	5,000 m	Egypt	usgs.gov
8/7/99	8:19 PM	3.7	26.7 km	14,000 m	Egypt	usgs.gov
2/2/99	6:01 PM	4	24 km	1,000 m	Egypt	usgs.gov
2/21/97	10:12 AM	4.4	10.6 km	10,000 m	Egypt	usgs.gov
6/25/96	10:45 AM	3.5	22.7 km	10,000 m	Egypt	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Nuweiba

Nuweiba (also spelled: Nueiba; Arabic: نويبع‎, IPA: [neˈweːbeʕ]) is a coastal town in the eastern part of Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Located on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba.

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