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The Halaib Triangle is an area of land measuring 20,580 square kilometres (7,950 sq mi) located on the Northeast African coast of the Red Sea.The area, which takes its name from the town of Halaib, is created by the difference in the Egypt–Sudan border between the "political boundary" set in 1899 by the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, which runs along the 22nd parallel north, and the ...
Egypt asserts the political boundary, and Sudan asserts the administrative boundary, with the result that the Halaib Triangle is claimed by both and Bir Tawil by neither. In 2014, author Alastair Bonnett described Bir Tawil as the only place on Earth that was habitable but was not claimed by any recognised government. [2]
Halaib' (Arabic: حلايب, romanized: Ḥalāyib [ħæˈlæːjeb]), is a Red Sea port and town located in the Halaib Triangle, a disputed area between Egypt and Sudan. It is about 20 km (12 mi) southeast of the ruins of the medieval port ʽAydhab.
Egypt claims the more favorable original border of 1899 along the 22nd degree north of latitude and therefore claims both the Halaib Triangle and the Wadi Halfa Salient, but not the Bir Tawil area. Since Sudan claims the amended border of 1902, it also claims the Halaib Triangle and the Wadi Halfa Salient, while no country claims the Bir Tawil ...
Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt and the Co-Official Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt: Green flag with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars. [11] 1952-1956: Flag of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution and the Republic of Egypt The green monarchical flag remained the national flag of Egypt until 1958, even after the proclamation of ...
Red Sea State (Arabic: ولاية البحر الأحمر Wilayat Al Baḥr al Aḥmar) is one of the 18 states of Sudan. [4] It has an area of 212,800 km 2 [5] and an estimated population of 1,482,053 in 2018. Port Sudan is the capital of the state. [5] Sudan claims, but does not control, the Halaib Triangle, a region disputed between Sudan ...
It is located 520 km (320 mi) south of Hurghada and is controlled as the administrative center of all Egyptian territory [citation needed] up to the border between Egypt and Sudan, including the villages of: Abu Ramad, 125 km (78 mi) to the southeast; Halaib, 165 km (103 mi) to the southeast; Ras Hadarba 200 km (120 mi) to the southeast.
Egyptian nationalism during this time believed that Sudan rightfully belonged to Egypt, though Sudanese revolutionaries such as the White Flag League supported an independent Sudan. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] While the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 allowed Egypt to host troops in Sudan, the Sudan remained a de facto British colony.