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href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_von_Akaba" title="Golf von Akaba – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Golf von Akaba" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A9" title="خليج العقبة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="خليج العقبة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfu_d%27%C3%81qaba" title="Golfu d'Áqaba – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Golfu d'Áqaba" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaba_k%C3%B6rf%C9%99zi" title="Akaba körfəzi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Akaba körfəzi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%87_%DA%A9%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="عقبه کؤرفزی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="عقبه کؤرفزی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0" title="আকাবা উপসাগর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আকাবা উপসাগর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqaba_Oan" title="Aqaba Oan – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Aqaba Oan" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0_(%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%9E)" title="Акаба (заліў) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Акаба (заліў)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0_(%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2)" title="Акаба (залив) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Акаба (залив)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akapski_zaliv" title="Akapski zaliv – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Akapski zaliv" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_d%27%C3%80qaba" title="Golf d'Àqaba – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Golf d'Àqaba" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D3%B3%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BA)" title="Акаба (кӳлмек) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Акаба (кӳлмек)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akabsk%C3%BD_z%C3%A1liv" title="Akabský záliv – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Akabský záliv" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwlff_Aqaba" title="Gwlff Aqaba – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwlff Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akababugten" title="Akababugten – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Akababugten" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_von_Akaba" title="Golf von Akaba – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Golf von Akaba" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-%E2%80%98Aqabah%27_laht" title="Al-‘Aqabah' laht – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Al-‘Aqabah' laht" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BB%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%86%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1" title="Κόλπος της Άκαμπα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κόλπος της Άκαμπα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo_de_%C3%81qaba" title="Golfo de Áqaba – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Golfo de Áqaba" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaba_Golfo" title="Akaba Golfo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Akaba Golfo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqabako_golkoa" title="Aqabako golkoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Aqabako golkoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC_%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%87" title="خلیج عقبه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="خلیج عقبه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfe_d%27Aqaba" title="Golfe d'Aqaba – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Golfe d'Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_fan_Akaba" title="Golf fan Akaba – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Golf fan Akaba" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhoob_Aqaba" title="Lhoob Aqaba – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Lhoob Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo_de_Aqaba" title="Golfo de Aqaba – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Golfo de Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%B9%B4%EB%B0%94%EB%A7%8C" title="아카바만 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아카바만" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%AE%D5%B8%D6%81" title="Ակաբայի ծովածոց – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ակաբայի ծովածոց" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80" title="अक़ाबा की खाड़ी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अक़ाबा की खाड़ी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akapski_zaljev" title="Akapski zaljev – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Akapski zaljev" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfo_di_Akaba" title="Gulfo di Akaba – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Gulfo di Akaba" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpo_ti_Aqaba" title="Golpo ti Aqaba – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Golpo ti Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teluk_Aqabah" title="Teluk Aqabah – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Teluk Aqabah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akabafl%C3%B3i" title="Akabaflói – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Akabaflói" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo_di_Aqaba" title="Golfo di Aqaba – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Golfo di Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A5_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%AA" title="מפרץ אילת – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מפרץ אילת" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempongan_Akaba" title="Lempongan Akaba – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Lempongan Akaba" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A7%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="აკაბის ყურე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აკაბის ყურე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghuba_ya_Akaba" title="Ghuba ya Akaba – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ghuba ya Akaba" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendava_Eqebey%C3%AA" title="Kendava Eqebeyê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Kendava Eqebeyê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_Aelaniticus" title="Sinus Aelaniticus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sinus Aelaniticus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akabas_l%C4%ABcis" title="Akabas līcis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Akabas līcis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akabos_%C4%AFlanka" title="Akabos įlanka – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Akabos įlanka" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_d%27Aqaba" title="Gulf d'Aqaba – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Gulf d'Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akabai-%C3%B6b%C3%B6l" title="Akabai-öböl – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Akabai-öböl" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Акапски Залив – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Акапски Залив" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoalan%27_i_Aqaba" title="Hoalan' i Aqaba – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Hoalan' i Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AC_%E0%B4%89%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BD" title="അക്വാബ ഉൾക്കടൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അക്വാബ ഉൾക്കടൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4" title="अकाबाचे आखात – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="अकाबाचे आखात" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%B8%E1%83%A3%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98" title="აყაბაშ ჸუჯი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="აყაბაშ ჸუჯი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7" title="عقبه دریامونا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="عقبه دریامونا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teluk_Aqaba" title="Teluk Aqaba – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Teluk Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_van_Akaba" title="Golf van Akaba – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Golf van Akaba" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AB%E3%83%90%E6%B9%BE" title="アカバ湾 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アカバ湾" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akababukten" title="Akababukten – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Akababukten" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akababukta" title="Akababukta – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Akababukta" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A9%9C%E0%A9%80" title="ਅਕਾਬਾ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਅਕਾਬਾ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC_%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%DB%81" title="خلیج عقبہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="خلیج عقبہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC" title="عقبه خليج – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="عقبه خليج" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zatoka_Akaba" title="Zatoka Akaba – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Zatoka Akaba" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo_de_Acaba" title="Golfo de Acaba – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Golfo de Acaba" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golful_Akaba_(Eilat)" title="Golful Akaba (Eilat) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Golful Akaba (Eilat)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0_(%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2)" title="Акаба (залив) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Акаба (залив)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_o_Aqaba" title="Gulf o Aqaba – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Gulf o Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjiri_Akaba" title="Gjiri Akaba – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Gjiri Akaba" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Aqaba" title="Gulf of Aqaba – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Gulf of Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="عقبه جي نار – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="عقبه جي نار" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akabsk%C3%BD_z%C3%A1liv" title="Akabský záliv – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Akabský záliv" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akabski_zaliv" title="Akabski zaliv – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Akabski zaliv" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacanka_Caqaba" title="Gacanka Caqaba – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Gacanka Caqaba" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%B9%DB%95%D9%82%DB%95%D8%A8%DB%95" title="کەنداوی عەقەبە – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کەنداوی عەقەبە" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Акапски залив – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Акапски залив" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akapski_zaljev" title="Akapski zaljev – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Akapski zaljev" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akabanlahti" title="Akabanlahti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Akabanlahti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqabaviken" title="Aqabaviken – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Aqabaviken" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE" title="அக்காபா வளைகுடா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அக்காபா வளைகுடா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AE%E0%B9%8C" title="อ่าวอัลอะเกาะบะฮ์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อ่าวอัลอะเกาะบะฮ์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akabe_K%C3%B6rfezi" title="Akabe Körfezi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Akabe Körfezi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%CC%B1ngam_A%CC%B1sa%CC%B1khwot_A%CC%B1ka%CC%B1ba" title="A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot A̱ka̱ba – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot A̱ka̱ba" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Акабська затока – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Акабська затока" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC_%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%DB%81" title="خلیج عقبہ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="خلیج عقبہ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E1%BB%8Bnh_Aqaba" title="Vịnh Aqaba – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Vịnh Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpo_han_Aqaba" title="Golpo han Aqaba – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Golpo han Aqaba" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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style="background-color: #cedeff; font-size: 125%;">Gulf of Aqaba</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader nickname" style="font-size:100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #cedeff;">Gulf of Eilat</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader nickname" style="font-size:100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #cedeff;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">خَلِيج الْعَقَبَة</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>)</span></li><li><span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">מפרץ אילת</span></span> <span 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class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gulf of Aqaba"><img alt="Gulf of Aqaba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Gulf of Aqaba</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data region"><a href="/wiki/West_Asia" title="West Asia">West Asia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span title="Geographical coordinates">Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gulf_of_Aqaba&params=28_45_N_34_45_E_type:waterbody_scale:1000000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°45′N</span> <span class="longitude">34°45′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.750°N 34.750°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">28.750; 34.750</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Body_of_water#Waterbody_types" title="Body of water">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Gulf</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Inflow_(hydrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflow (hydrology)"><span title="Primary inflows: rivers, streams, precipitation">Primary inflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data">Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. length</th><td class="infobox-data">160 km (99 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. width</th><td class="infobox-data">24 km (15 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">239 km<sup>2</sup> (92 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. depth</th><td class="infobox-data">1,850 m (6,070 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aqaba" title="Aqaba">Aqaba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eilat" title="Eilat">Eilat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taba,_Egypt" title="Taba, Egypt">Taba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haql" title="Haql">Haql</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharm_El_Sheikh" title="Sharm El Sheikh">Sharm El Sheikh</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Gulf of Aqaba</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">خَلِيج الْعَقَبَة</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Khalīj al-ʿAqaba</i></span>) or <b>Gulf of Eilat</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">מפרץ אילת</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew" title="Romanization of Hebrew">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">Mifrátz Eilát</i></span>) is a large <a href="/wiki/Gulf" title="Gulf">gulf</a> at the northern tip of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>, east of the <a href="/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai Peninsula</a> and west of the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a>. Its coastline is divided among four countries: <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Eilat%27s_Coral_Beach" title="Eilat's Coral Beach">northernmost coral reef</a> in the world is situated near the <a href="/wiki/Eilat" title="Eilat">Eilat</a> shore. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aqaba&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The gulf is east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabian Peninsula. With the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Suez" title="Gulf of Suez">Gulf of Suez</a> to the west, it extends from the northern portion of the Red Sea. It reaches a maximum depth of 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) in its central area: the Gulf of Suez is significantly wider but less than 100 m (330 ft) deep. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulf_of_Suez_from_orbit_2007.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Gulf_of_Suez_from_orbit_2007.JPG/220px-Gulf_of_Suez_from_orbit_2007.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Gulf_of_Suez_from_orbit_2007.JPG/330px-Gulf_of_Suez_from_orbit_2007.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Gulf_of_Suez_from_orbit_2007.JPG/440px-Gulf_of_Suez_from_orbit_2007.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1596" data-file-height="1048" /></a><figcaption>The Sinai Peninsula separating the Gulf of Suez to the west and the Gulf of Aqaba, to the east.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinai,_Egypt,_Canyon_through_the_mountains.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Sinai%2C_Egypt%2C_Canyon_through_the_mountains.jpg/220px-Sinai%2C_Egypt%2C_Canyon_through_the_mountains.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Sinai%2C_Egypt%2C_Canyon_through_the_mountains.jpg/330px-Sinai%2C_Egypt%2C_Canyon_through_the_mountains.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Sinai%2C_Egypt%2C_Canyon_through_the_mountains.jpg/440px-Sinai%2C_Egypt%2C_Canyon_through_the_mountains.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>View of the Gulf of Aqaba near Nuweiba, Egypt.</figcaption></figure> <p>The gulf measures 24 km (15 mi) at its widest point and stretches some 160 km (100 mi) north from the <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Tiran" title="Straits of Tiran">Straits of Tiran</a> to where Israel meets Egypt and Jordan. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aqaba3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Aqaba3.jpg/170px-Aqaba3.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Aqaba3.jpg/255px-Aqaba3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Aqaba3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>The city of <a href="/wiki/Aqaba" title="Aqaba">Aqaba</a> is the largest on the gulf</figcaption></figure> <p>Like the coastal waters of the Red Sea, the gulf is one of the world's premier sites for diving. The area is especially rich in <a href="/wiki/Coral" title="Coral">coral</a> and other marine biodiversity and has both accidental shipwrecks and vessels deliberately sunk in an effort to provide a habitat for marine organisms and bolster the local dive tourism industry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aqaba&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At this northern end of the gulf are three important cities: <a href="/wiki/Taba_(Egypt)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taba (Egypt)">Taba</a> in Egypt, <a href="/wiki/Eilat" title="Eilat">Eilat</a> in Israel, and <a href="/wiki/Aqaba" title="Aqaba">Aqaba</a> in Jordan. They are strategically important commercial ports and popular resorts for tourists seeking to enjoy the warm climate. Further south, <a href="/wiki/Haql" title="Haql">Haql</a> is the largest Saudi Arabian city on the gulf. On Sinai, <a href="/wiki/Sharm_el-Sheikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharm el-Sheikh">Sharm el-Sheikh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dahab" title="Dahab">Dahab</a> are the major centres. </p><p>The largest population center is Aqaba, with a population of 148,398 (2015), followed by Eilat with a population of 50,724 (2020). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extent">Extent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aqaba&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Extent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a> defines the southern limit of the gulf as "A line running from <a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%A0s_al_Fasma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ràs al Fasma (page does not exist)">Ràs al Fasma</a> Southwesterly to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Requin_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Requin Island (page does not exist)">Requin Island</a> (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gulf_of_Aqaba&params=27_57_N_34_36_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">27°57′N</span> <span class="longitude">34°36′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">27.950°N 34.600°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">27.950; 34.600</span></span></span></a></span></span>) through <a href="/wiki/Tiran_Island" title="Tiran Island">Tiran Island</a> to the Southwest point thereof and thence Westward on a parallel (27°54'N) to the coast of the Sinaï Peninsula".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aqaba&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The gulf is one of two gulfs created by the Sinai Peninsula's bifurcation of the northern Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez lying to the west of the peninsula and the Gulf of Aqaba to its east. Geologically, the gulf forms the southern end of the <a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea_Transform" title="Dead Sea Transform">Dead Sea Transform</a>. It contains three small <a href="/wiki/Pull-apart_basin" title="Pull-apart basin">pull-apart basins</a>, the Elat Deep, Aragonese Deep and Dakar Deep, formed between four left lateral <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)#Strike-slip_faults" title="Fault (geology)">strike-slip fault</a> segments. Movement on one of these faults caused the <a href="/wiki/1995_Gulf_of_Aqaba_earthquake" title="1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake">1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aqaba&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea#Ecosystem" title="Red Sea">Red Sea § Ecosystem</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf#Wildlife" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf § Wildlife</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aqaba&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Isle_of_Graia_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Isle_of_Graia_%28crop%29.jpg/220px-Isle_of_Graia_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Isle_of_Graia_%28crop%29.jpg/330px-Isle_of_Graia_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Isle_of_Graia_%28crop%29.jpg/440px-Isle_of_Graia_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2943" data-file-height="1994" /></a><figcaption>"<a href="/wiki/Pharaoh%27s_Island" title="Pharaoh's Island">Isle of Graia</a> Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea", 1839 lithograph of a trade caravan in <a href="/wiki/The_Holy_Land,_Syria,_Idumea,_Arabia,_Egypt,_and_Nubia" title="The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia">The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Haghe" title="Louis Haghe">Louis Haghe</a> from an original by <a href="/wiki/David_Roberts_(painter)" title="David Roberts (painter)">David Roberts</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Trade across the Red Sea between Thebes' port of <a href="/wiki/Elim_(Bible)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elim (Bible)">Elim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elat" class="mw-redirect" title="Elat">Elat</a> at the head of the gulf is documented as early as the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Fourth Dynasty of Egypt">Fourth Dynasty of Egypt</a>. Expeditions crossing the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> and heading south to <a href="/wiki/Land_of_Punt" title="Land of Punt">Punt</a> are mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Fifth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth dynasty of Egypt">fifth</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth dynasty of Egypt">sixth</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eleventh_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleventh dynasty of Egypt">eleventh</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelfth dynasty of Egypt">twelfth</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt">eighteenth dynasties of Egypt</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Hatshepsut" title="Hatshepsut">Hatshepsut</a> built a fleet to support the trade and journeyed south to Punt in a six-month voyage.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Feb 2009 (February 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Thebes used <a href="/wiki/Nubia" title="Nubia">Nubian</a> gold or Nub from her conquests south into <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kush" title="Kingdom of Kush">Kush</a> to facilitate the purchase of <a href="/wiki/Frankincense" title="Frankincense">frankincense</a>, <a href="/wiki/Myrrh" title="Myrrh">myrrh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bitumen" title="Bitumen">bitumen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natron" title="Natron">natron</a>, juniper oil, <a href="/wiki/Linen" title="Linen">linen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a> amulets for the <a href="/wiki/Mummy" title="Mummy">mummification</a> industry at <a href="/wiki/Karnak" title="Karnak">Karnak</a>. Egyptian settlements near <a href="/wiki/Timna" title="Timna">Timna</a> at the head of the gulf date to the <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt">Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt</a>. </p><p>At the northern edge, the ancient city of Ayla (in present-day Aqaba) was a commercial hub for the <a href="/wiki/Nabateans" class="mw-redirect" title="Nabateans">Nabateans</a>. The Romans built the <a href="/wiki/Via_Traiana_Nova" title="Via Traiana Nova">Via Traiana Nova</a>, which joined the King's Highway at Aqaba and connected Africa to Asia and the Levant and <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> shipping. </p><p>Aqaba was a major <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> port, connected to <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medina" title="Medina">Medina</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Hejaz_railway" title="Hejaz railway">Hejaz railway</a>. During World War I, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aqaba" title="Battle of Aqaba">Battle of Aqaba</a> was the key battle that ended a 500-year Ottoman rule over the <a href="/wiki/Syria_(region)" title="Syria (region)">region of Syria</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fauna">Fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aqaba&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In general, the <a href="/wiki/Fauna" title="Fauna">fauna</a> in the Red Sea represents the fauna in the waters of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>, except that many species cannot penetrate it due to salinity and temperature limitations and some are only found in the southern part of the Red Sea. A large part of the species in the Red Sea are endemic and the proportion of several groups reaches about 30%. It is possible that some of them developed during the <a href="/wiki/Tethys_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Tethys Sea">Tethys Sea</a> period. The endemic species are more suitable to the conditions in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Eilat and therefore thrive there more than the oceanic species.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aqaba&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The gulf is one of the most popular diving destinations in the world. About 250,000 dives are performed annually in Eilat's 11 km coastline, and diving represents 10% of the tourism income of this area.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Landscape of <a href="/wiki/Wadi_Rum" title="Wadi Rum">Wadi Rum</a> to the east of the northern edge of the gulf is a popular destination. Other destinations are the ruins of the iron-age civilization of Ayla in the city of Aqaba, the site of the World War I <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aqaba" title="Battle of Aqaba">Battle of Aqaba</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawrence of Arabia">Lawrence of Arabia</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Whale" title="Whale">Whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orca" title="Orca">orcas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">dolphins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dugong" title="Dugong">dugongs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Whale_shark" title="Whale shark">whale sharks</a> live in the gulf as well.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Underwater_Observatory_in_Eilat.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coral World Underwater Observatory at Eilat"><img alt="Coral World Underwater Observatory at Eilat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_Underwater_Observatory_in_Eilat.jpg/160px-The_Underwater_Observatory_in_Eilat.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_Underwater_Observatory_in_Eilat.jpg/240px-The_Underwater_Observatory_in_Eilat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_Underwater_Observatory_in_Eilat.jpg/320px-The_Underwater_Observatory_in_Eilat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Coral_World_Underwater_Observatory" title="Coral World Underwater Observatory">Coral World Underwater Observatory</a> at <a href="/wiki/Eilat" title="Eilat">Eilat</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hilton_hotel_taba_egypt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Taba beach"><img alt="Taba beach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Hilton_hotel_taba_egypt.jpg/160px-Hilton_hotel_taba_egypt.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Hilton_hotel_taba_egypt.jpg/240px-Hilton_hotel_taba_egypt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Hilton_hotel_taba_egypt.jpg/320px-Hilton_hotel_taba_egypt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Taba_(Egypt)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taba (Egypt)">Taba</a> beach</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sea_goldies_swimming_next_to_a_coral,_the_Red_Sea,_Gulf_of_Eilat,_Israel..jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red Sea coral and marine fish"><img alt="Red Sea coral and marine fish" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Sea_goldies_swimming_next_to_a_coral%2C_the_Red_Sea%2C_Gulf_of_Eilat%2C_Israel..jpg/90px-Sea_goldies_swimming_next_to_a_coral%2C_the_Red_Sea%2C_Gulf_of_Eilat%2C_Israel..jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Sea_goldies_swimming_next_to_a_coral%2C_the_Red_Sea%2C_Gulf_of_Eilat%2C_Israel..jpg/135px-Sea_goldies_swimming_next_to_a_coral%2C_the_Red_Sea%2C_Gulf_of_Eilat%2C_Israel..jpg 1.5x, 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