Halaib

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Halaib حلايب
Town
Halaib Location in the Halaib Triangle
Coordinates: 22°13′23″N 36°38′51″E / 22.22306°N 36.64750°E / 22.22306; 36.64750
Country	De jure area :  Egypt De facto Administered by:  Egypt
Governorate	Red Sea Governorate (Egypt)
• Summer (DST)	02

Halaib (Arabic: حلايب, romanized: Ḥalāyib [ħæˈlæːjeb]), is a Red Sea port and town, located in the Halaib Triangle, a 20,580 km² (7,950 sq mi) area in Egypt

The town lies on the southern tip of what Egyptians refer to as the Red Sea Riviera 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.