Halaib (also, Halayeb; ar, حلايب, Ḥalāyib ), is a

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

port and town, located in the

Halaib Triangle The Halaib Triangle ( ar, مُثَلَّث حَلَايِب, Muthallath Ḥalāyib; Egyptian and Sudanese ' ), is an area of land measuring located on the Northeast African coast of the Red Sea. The area, which takes its name from the town o ...

, a area disputed between

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

and Sudan. The town lies on the southern tip of what Egyptians refer to as the

Red Sea Riviera The Red Sea Riviera, Egypt's eastern coastline along the Red Sea, consists of resort cities on the western shore of the Gulf of Aqaba and along the eastern coast of mainland Egypt, south of the Gulf of Suez. The combination of a favorable climate ...

and the north eastern corner of Sudan's Red Sea State and is near the ruins of medieval ʽAydhab. ''De facto'' control of the area is held by the Egyptian government.

Name

The name ''Halaib'' represents Arabic ar, حلايب, Ḥalāyib. The spellings ''Halayeb'', ''Hala'ib'', and ''Halayib'' are also found.

Ecology and geography

In the Halaib region, Afrotropical elements have their northern limits at Gabal Elba, making it a unique region among the regions dominating

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

n ecosystems. There is also dense cover of acacias,

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in severa ...

s and other shrubs, in addition to endemic species of plants such as '' Biscutella elbensis''. The highest peaks in the area are Mount Elba (), Mount Shellal (), Mount Shendib () and Mount Shendodai ().

Climate

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Notes Populated places in Red Sea Governorate {{Sudan-geo-stub

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Ecology and geography

Climate

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