Hurghada is the administrative capital of the Red Sea Governorate, and it occupies an area of 40 km from the coastal strip of the western shore of the Red Sea. It is bordered to the north by Ras Ghareb, to the south by the city of Safaga, to the east by the Red Sea coast, and to the west by the Red Sea mountains. It has the islands of Jiftun, Umm Qamar, Magawish, Abu Remada, Abu Minqar, Al Fanadir and Shadwan, and its most famous resorts are El Gouna, Sahl Hasheesh, Soma Bay and Makadi Bay, and its main neighborhoods are in the Al-Dahar neighborhood, the Al-Seqala neighborhood and Al-Ahyaa neighborhood.