Hala'ib Triangle

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The Hala'ib Triangle is a mineral-rich, strategically located border region along the Red Sea that is claimed by both Egypt and Sudan.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Halaib Triangle 1
Halaib Triangle region 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region
disputed territory
borderDefinedBy 1899 Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Agreement NERFINISHED
borderFeature Red Sea coast to the east
mountainous and desert terrain inland
borderRedefinedBy 1902 administrative boundary
claimedAsPartOf Red Sea State (Sudanese claim) NERFINISHED
claimedUnderBoundary 1899 political boundary (Egyptian claim)
1902 administrative boundary (Sudanese claim)
climate arid desert
controlledSince mid-1990s by Egypt
countryClaimedBy Egypt NERFINISHED
Sudan NERFINISHED
deFactoControlledBy Egypt NERFINISHED
disputeInvolves maritime boundaries in the Red Sea
sovereignty
disputeType territorial dispute
hasAlternativeName Hala'ib and Shalateen region NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeTransliteration Halayeb Triangle NERFINISHED
hasArea approximately 20,580 square kilometers
hasEconomicActivity fishing
pastoralism
small-scale trade
hasEthnicGroup Ababda NERFINISHED
Beja NERFINISHED
Bisharin NERFINISHED
hasInfrastructureDevelopmentBy Egyptian government NERFINISHED
hasNaturalResource gold
manganese
other minerals
hasPopulation several tens of thousands (approximate)
hasSettlement Abu Ramad NERFINISHED
Hala'ib NERFINISHED
Shalateen NERFINISHED
hasShape roughly triangular
hasStrategicImportance control of Red Sea coastline
potential offshore oil and gas
proximity to shipping lanes in the Red Sea
isMineralRich true
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInGovernorate Red Sea Governorate (Egyptian administration) NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Northeast Africa NERFINISHED
locatedOnBodyOfWater Red Sea NERFINISHED
partOf Egypt–Sudan border NERFINISHED
sharesBorderWith Egypt NERFINISHED
Sudan NERFINISHED

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Egypt–Sudan border hasDisputedSection Hala'ib Triangle
Halaib locatedIn Hala'ib Triangle
this entity surface form: Halaib Triangle
Shalateen partOf Hala'ib Triangle
this entity surface form: Halaib Triangle region
Egypt–Sudan border relatedTerritory Hala'ib Triangle