The cabinet’s media center denied reports on issuing a decision to change the name of the city of “Saint Catherine” to the “Great Transfiguration” city.

In a statement on Monday, the center said that it contacted South Sinai governorate that dismissed as “groundless” such reports.

It stressed that the name of the city of St. Catherine has not been changed in order to preserve its historical and archaeological identity and international fame.

The center called on social media users to verify the authenticity of any news circulated on the internet to avoid perplexing the public opinion.

It made it clear that the “Great Transfiguration” is a project implemented near St. Catherine in South Sinai to turn the sacred mountainous area into a spiritual shrine and a destination for mountain, medical and environmental tourism.

Source: State Information Service Egypt