Editing Halaib Triangle (section)

{{Short description|Disputed territory between Egypt and Sudan}}
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The '''Halaib Triangle''' is an area of land measuring {{convert|20580|km2|mi2}} located on the [[Northeast Africa]]n 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 "administrative boundary" set by the British in 1902,<ref name="boundary study" /> which gave administrative responsibility for an area of land north of the line to Sudan, which was an Anglo-Egyptian client at the time.  With the independence of Sudan in 1956, both [[Egypt]] and [[Sudan]] claimed [[sovereignty]] over the area. The area has been considered to be a part of the Sudan's [[Red Sea (state)|Red Sea State]], and was included in local elections until the late 1980s. In 1994, the Egyptian military moved to take control of the area as a part of [[Red Sea Governorate]], and Egypt has been actively investing in it since then.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CIA World Fact Book - Egypt |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/egypt/ |access-date=2017-03-05 |publisher=[[CIA]]}}</ref> Egypt has been recently categorical in rejecting [[international arbitration]] or even political negotiations regarding the area.<ref name="almonitor"/>

The description of the area as a "triangle" is a rough approximation. The southern boundary follows latitude 22°, the northeastern consists of the Red Sea coast, and the northwestern is jagged. A smaller area south of latitude 22°, referred to as [[Bir Tawil]], joins the Halaib Triangle at its westernmost point along the latitude line{{spaced ndash}}neither Sudan nor Egypt claims Bir Tawil.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colonial Egypt, 1912 |url=https://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/7600/7640/7640.htm |website=Maps for Florida's Educational Technology Clearinghouse}}</ref>

In 2021, the population of the Halaib triangle stood at 27,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Did Egypt make concessions in Halayeb and Shalateen issue to satisfy Sudan? - AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012 |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/04/did-egypt-make-concessions-halayeb-and-shalateen-issue-satisfy-sudan |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=www.al-monitor.com |language=en}}</ref>