Ofira

Ofira عوفيرا
settlement (formerly)
Ofira Location of Ofira
Coordinates: 27°52′03″N 34°17′43″E / 27.86750°N 34.29528°E / 27.86750; 34.29528
Country	Egypt
Governorate	South Sinai
Population  (1982)
• Total	app. 1,000

Ofira (Hebrew: אופירה), (Arabic: عوفيرا) is an Egyptian neighborhood that was previously an settlement in the Sharm el-Sheikh area of the southern Sinai Peninsula, an Egyptian territory that was under occupation from 1967 to 1982.^[1] Ofira was settled from 1969 and was meant to accommodate 500 families. An airfield was opened in 1976, today known as Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport.^{[citation needed]}