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Halaib حلايب | |
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Town | |
  Halaib Halaib (Sudan) Show map of Sudan | |
| Coordinates:22°13′23″N36°38′51″E / 22.22306°N 36.64750°E /22.22306; 36.64750 | |
| Country | De jure Disputed area between:  Egypt SudanDe facto Administered by: Egypt |
| Governorate | Red Sea Governorate (Egypt) |
| State | Red Sea State (Sudan) |
Halaib (Arabic:حلايب,romanized: Ḥalāyib[ħæˈlæːjeb]), is aRed Sea port and town located in theHalaib Triangle, a disputed area betweenEgypt andSudan.
It is about 20 km (12 mi) southeast of the ruins of the medieval portʽAydhab.
Alternative spellings for the name includeHalayeb,Hala'ib, andHalayib.
In the Halaib region,Afrotropical elements reach their northernmost limits atGabal Elba, making it a unique region among the regions dominatingNorth African ecosystems. There is also dense cover ofacacias,mangroves and other shrubs, in addition to endemic species of plants such asBiscutella elbensis.
The highest peaks in the area areMount Elba (1,435 m or 4,708 ft),Mount Shellal (1,409 m or 4,623 ft),Mount Shendib (1,911 m or 6,270 ft) andMount Shendodai (1,526 m or 5,007 ft).
| Climate data for Halaib (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) | 40.7 (105.3) | 39.7 (103.5) | 42.8 (109.0) | 46.6 (115.9) | 45.4 (113.7) | 44.5 (112.1) | 44.5 (112.1) | 45.0 (113.0) | 40.0 (104.0) | 35.4 (95.7) | 34.0 (93.2) | 46.6 (115.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 30.6 (87.1) | 31.1 (88.0) | 35.7 (96.3) | 37.0 (98.6) | 37.1 (98.8) | 33.7 (92.7) | 32.4 (90.3) | 27.7 (81.9) | 24.9 (76.8) | 30.7 (87.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.1 (70.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27.3 (81.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.9 (89.4) | 29.4 (84.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 24.1 (75.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.2 (79.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.4 (74.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 23.8 (74.8) | 20.5 (68.9) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.7 (71.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) | 10.3 (50.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.7 (67.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 15.5 (59.9) | 12.0 (53.6) | 10.3 (50.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.5 (0.02) | 1.2 (0.05) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 3.2 (0.13) | 17.9 (0.70) | 4.2 (0.17) | 27.8 (1.09) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 72 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 63 | 75 | 76 | 72 | 66.8 |
| Source: NOAA[1] | |||||||||||||
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