Halaib Triangle

The Halaib Triangle is an area of land measuring 20,580 square kilometres located on the Northeast African coast of the Red Sea. The area, which takes its name from the town of , is created by the difference in the Egypt–Sudan border between the…
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  • Type: Locality with 1,000 residents
  • Description: triangle-shaped territory in northeastern Africa, which is Owned and administered by Egypt.
  • Also known as: Hala’ib Triangle”, “Halayeb Triangle”, “Halayib Triangle”, “Ḥalāyib Triangle”, “SGAA”, and “Sudan Government Administration Area

Halaib Triangle

Latitude
22.51° or 22° 30′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.4913° or 35° 29′ 29″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
251 metres (823 feet)
Open location code
7GJQGF6R+2G
Geo­Names ID
9409382
Wiki­data ID
Q796684
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Halaib Triangle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الشلاتين
  • Arabic: حلايب و شلاتين
  • Arabic: حلايب وشلاتين
  • Arabic: شلاتين
  • Arabic: مثلث حلايب
  • Azerbaijani: Həlaib ərazisi
  • Azerbaijani: Həlaib rayonu
  • Azerbaijani: Həlaib üçbucağı
  • Azerbaijani: Həlaib Üçbucağı
  • Bulgarian: Триъгълник Халаиб
  • Bulgarian: Халаибски триъгълник
  • Catalan: Triangle d’Halaib
  • Cebuano: Hala’ib Triangle
  • Chinese: 哈拉伊卜三角区
  • Chinese: 哈拉伊卜三角區
  • Czech: Halaibský trojúhelník
  • Danish: Hala’ib Trekanten
  • Danish: Hala’ib-trekanten
  • Dutch: Hala’ib-driehoek
  • Egyptian Arabic: حلايب وشلاتين
  • Esperanto: Triangulo Halaib
  • Finnish: Hala’ibin kolmio
  • French: Hala’ib
  • French: Halaïb
  • French: Halayeb
  • French: Triangle d’Hala’ib
  • French: Triangle d’Halayeb
  • French: Triangle de Hala’ib
  • French: Triangle de Halaïb
  • French: Triangle de Halayeb
  • French: مثلث حلايب
  • German: Hala’ib-Dreieck
  • German: Hala’ib
  • Hebrew: משולש חלאיב
  • Indonesian: Segitiga Hala’ib
  • Italian: Triangolo di Hala’ib
  • Japanese: ハラーイブ・トライアングル
  • Japanese: ハライブ・トライアングル
  • Korean: 할라이브 트라이앵글
  • Korean: 할라입 트라이앵글
  • Lithuanian: Halaibo trikampis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hala’ib-triangelet
  • Norwegian: Hala’ib-triangelet
  • Persian: مثلث حلایب
  • Polish: Trójkąt Hala’ib
  • Polish: Trójkąt Halaib
  • Portuguese: Triângulo de Hala’ib
  • Romanian: Triunghiul Hala’ib
  • Russian: Треугольник Халаиба
  • Russian: Халаибский треугольник
  • Serbian: Халаиб троугао
  • Serbian: Халаибски троугао
  • Serbo-Croatian: Halajpski trokut
  • Spanish: Triangulo de Hala’ib
  • Spanish: Triángulo de Hala’ib
  • Swedish: Hala’ib-triangeln
  • Swedish: Hala’ibtriangeln
  • Turkish: Hala’ib Üçgeni
  • Ukrainian: Халаїбський трикутник
  • Urdu: مثلث حلایب
  • Western Panjabi: مثلث حلایب

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