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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8" title="باب المندب – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="باب المندب" 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/Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Bab el-Mandeb – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bab el-Mandeb" 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/Bab%C3%BCl-M%C9%99nd%C9%99b" title="Babül-Məndəb – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Babül-Məndəb" 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%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8" title="باب المندب – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="باب المندب" 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%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC" title="বাব এল মান্দেব – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বাব এল মান্দেব" 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/Bab-el-Mandeb_H%C3%A1i-kiap" title="Bab-el-Mandeb Hái-kiap – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb Hái-kiap" 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-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1-%D3%99%D0%BB-%D0%9C%D3%99%D0%BD%D0%B4%D3%99%D0%B1_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D2%93%D0%B0%D2%99%D1%8B" title="Баб-әл-Мәндәб боғаҙы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Баб-әл-Мәндәб боғаҙы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1-%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%9E" title="Баб-эль-Мандэбскі праліў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Баб-эль-Мандэбскі праліў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1-%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Баб-эль-Мандэбская пратока – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Баб-эль-Мандэбская пратока" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1_%D0%B5%D0%BB-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1" title="Баб ел-Мандеб – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Баб ел-Мандеб" 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/Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Bab el-Mandeb – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Bab el-Mandeb" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab_al-Mandab" title="Bab al-Mandab – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Bab al-Mandab" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab_el-M%C3%A0ndeb" title="Bab el-Màndeb – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bab el-Màndeb" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab_el_Mandeb_(estretso_sa_Somalia)" title="Bab el Mandeb (estretso sa Somalia) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bab el Mandeb (estretso sa Somalia)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandeb" title="Mandeb – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mandeb" 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/Bab_al_Mandab" title="Bab al Mandab – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bab al Mandab" 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/Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Bab el-Mandeb – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bab el-Mandeb" 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/Bab_al-Mandab" title="Bab al-Mandab – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bab al-Mandab" 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/Bab_el_Mandeb" title="Bab el Mandeb – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bab el Mandeb" 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%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80_%CE%B5%CE%BB_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BC%CF%80" title="Μπαμπ ελ Μαντέμπ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπαμπ ελ Μαντέμπ" 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/Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Bab el-Mandeb – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bab el-Mandeb" 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/Bab_al-Mandab" title="Bab al-Mandab – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bab al-Mandab" 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/Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Bab el-Mandeb – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bab el-Mandeb" 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%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8" title="باب‌المندب – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باب‌المندب" 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/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Bab el-Mandeb – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bab el-Mandeb" 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/%EB%B0%94%EB%B8%8C%EC%97%98%EB%A7%8C%EB%8D%B0%EB%B8%8C_%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91" title="바브엘만데브 해협 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="바브엘만데브 해협" 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%B2%D5%A1%D5%A2_%D5%A7%D5%AC-%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%A2%D5%AB_%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81" title="Բաբ էլ-Մանդեբի նեղուց – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բաբ էլ-Մանդեբի նեղուց" 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%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF" title="बाब अल-मन्देब जलसन्धि – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बाब अल-मन्देब जलसन्धि" 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/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb" 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/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb" 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/Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Bab el-Mandeb – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bab el-Mandeb" 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%91%D7%90%D7%91_%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%91" title="באב אל-מנדב – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="באב אל-מנדב" 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/Babul_Mandib" title="Babul Mandib – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Babul Mandib" 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%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%91-%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94" title="ბაბ-ელ-მანდების სრუტე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბაბ-ელ-მანდების სრუტე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1_%D3%99%D0%BB-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1" title="Баб әл-Мандеб – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Баб әл-Мандеб" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab_el_Mandeb" title="Bab el Mandeb – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Bab el Mandeb" 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/Babu%27l-Mendeb" title="Babu'l-Mendeb – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Babu'l-Mendeb" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1-%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1_%D0%BA%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%8B" title="Баб-эль-Мандеб кысыгы – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Баб-эль-Мандеб кысыгы" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Lacrimarum" title="Porta Lacrimarum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Porta Lacrimarum" 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/B%C4%81belmandebs" title="Bābelmandebs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bābelmandebs" 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/Bab_al_Mandebas" title="Bab al Mandebas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bab al Mandebas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1b_el-Mandeb" title="Báb el-Mandeb – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Báb el-Mandeb" 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%91%D0%B0%D0%B1_%D0%B5%D0%BB-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1" title="Баб ел-Мандеб – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Баб ел-Мандеб" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%8E%E0%B5%BD-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D" title="ബാബ്-എൽ-മൻഡേബ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബാബ്-എൽ-മൻഡേബ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%91-%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ბაბ-ელ-მანდებიშ საროტი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბაბ-ელ-მანდებიშ საროტი" 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%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8" title="باب‌المندب – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="باب‌المندب" 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/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb" 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/Bab_el_Mandeb" title="Bab el Mandeb – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bab el Mandeb" 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%83%90%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%96%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%A1" title="バブ・エル・マンデブ海峡 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バブ・エル・マンデブ海峡" 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-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1-%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%8C%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%B5" title="Баб-эль-Мандебан хидоькъе – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Баб-эль-Мандебан хидоькъе" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Bab el-Mandeb – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bab el-Mandeb" 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/Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Bab el-Mandeb – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Bab el-Mandeb" 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-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_ul-Mandab_bo%CA%BBg%CA%BBozi" title="Bob ul-Mandab boʻgʻozi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bob ul-Mandab boʻgʻozi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8" title="آبنائے باب المندب – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="آبنائے باب المندب" 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%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8" title="باب المندب – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="باب المندب" 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/Bab_al-Mandab" title="Bab al-Mandab – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bab al-Mandab" 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/Babelm%C3%A2ndebe" title="Babelmândebe – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Babelmândebe" 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/Str%C3%A2mtoarea_Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Strâmtoarea Bab el-Mandeb – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Strâmtoarea Bab el-Mandeb" 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%91%D0%B0%D0%B1-%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Баб-эль-Мандебский пролив – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Баб-эль-Мандебский пролив" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb" 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-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1b_el-Mandeb" title="Báb el-Mandeb – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Báb el-Mandeb" 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/Bab_el_Mandeba" title="Bab el Mandeba – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Bab el Mandeba" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%DB%95%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%A8" title="بابوولمەندەب – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بابوولمەندەب" 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%91%D0%B0%D0%B1_%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1" title="Баб ел Мандеб – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Баб ел Мандеб" 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/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb" 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/Bab_el_Mandeb" title="Bab el Mandeb – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Bab el Mandeb" 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/Bab_al-Mandab" title="Bab al-Mandab – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Bab al-Mandab" 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%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81" title="பாபுல் மந்தபு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பாபுல் மந்தபு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC%D3%99%D0%BD%D0%B4%D3%99%D0%B1" title="Бабелмәндәб – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бабелмәндәб" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8D-%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D-%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8D" title="బాబ్-ఎల్-మండేబ్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="బాబ్-ఎల్-మండేబ్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A" title="บาบุลมันดับ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="บาบุลมันดับ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B1" title="Бобулмандаб – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Бобулмандаб" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab%C3%BClmendep_Bo%C4%9Faz%C4%B1" title="Babülmendep Boğazı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Babülmendep Boğazı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Bab-el-Mandeb" 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font-size: 125%;">Bab-el-Mandeb</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="line-height: 1.2; border-bottom: 1px solid #cedeff;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bab-el-Mandeb,_outer_space.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bab-el-Mandeb%2C_outer_space.jpg/264px-Bab-el-Mandeb%2C_outer_space.jpg" decoding="async" width="264" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bab-el-Mandeb%2C_outer_space.jpg/396px-Bab-el-Mandeb%2C_outer_space.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bab-el-Mandeb%2C_outer_space.jpg/528px-Bab-el-Mandeb%2C_outer_space.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1263" data-file-height="939" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="line-height: 1.2; border-bottom: 1px solid #cedeff;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bab-el-Mandeb.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Bab-el-Mandeb.png/256px-Bab-el-Mandeb.png" decoding="async" width="256" height="383" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Bab-el-Mandeb.png/384px-Bab-el-Mandeb.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Bab-el-Mandeb.png 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="716" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Bab-el-Mandeb as seen from space <i>(top)</i> and on a <a href="/wiki/Topographical" class="mw-redirect" title="Topographical">topographical</a> map <i>(bottom)</i>.</div></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data region">Between <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Africa" title="Northeast Africa">Northeast Africa</a> and <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=Bab-el-Mandeb&params=12_35_N_43_20_E_type:waterbody"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°35′N</span> <span class="longitude">43°20′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">12.583°N 43.333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.583; 43.333</span></span></span></a></span></span></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"><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></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">31 mi (50 km)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Min. width</th><td class="infobox-data">16 mi (26 km)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average depth</th><td class="infobox-data">609 ft (186 m)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Category:Islands_by_body_of_water" title="Category:Islands by body of water">Islands</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seven_Brothers_Islands" title="Seven Brothers Islands">Seven Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doumeira_Islands" title="Doumeira Islands">Doumeira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perim" title="Perim">Perim</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bab-el-Mandeb</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">باب المندب</span></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Gate of Lamentation</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>,<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> <a href="/wiki/Tigrinya_language" title="Tigrinya language">Tigrinya</a>: <span lang="ti">ባብ ኣል ማንዳብ</span>), the <b>Gate of Grief</b> or the <b>Gate of Tears</b>,<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> is a <a href="/wiki/Strait" title="Strait">strait</a> between <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>. It connects the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a> and by extension the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Toponymy"></span><span class="anchor" id="Etymology"></span> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><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:Bab_el_Mandeb_NASA_with_description.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Bab_el_Mandeb_NASA_with_description.jpg/220px-Bab_el_Mandeb_NASA_with_description.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Bab_el_Mandeb_NASA_with_description.jpg/330px-Bab_el_Mandeb_NASA_with_description.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Bab_el_Mandeb_NASA_with_description.jpg/440px-Bab_el_Mandeb_NASA_with_description.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="702" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Satellite_imagery" title="Satellite imagery">Satellite photo</a> of Bab-el-Mandeb (with labels)</figcaption></figure> <p>The strait derives its name from the dangers attending its navigation or, according to an Arab legend, from the numbers who were drowned by an earthquake that separated the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1878,_179_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB_1878,_179-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In "Bab-el-Mandeb", "Bab" means "gate" while "Mandeb" means "lamentation" or "grief". </p> <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=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><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:Bab-el-Mandeb_Seen_From_Midchannel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Bab-el-Mandeb_Seen_From_Midchannel.jpg/220px-Bab-el-Mandeb_Seen_From_Midchannel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Bab-el-Mandeb_Seen_From_Midchannel.jpg/330px-Bab-el-Mandeb_Seen_From_Midchannel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Bab-el-Mandeb_Seen_From_Midchannel.jpg/440px-Bab-el-Mandeb_Seen_From_Midchannel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb with Perim Island in the distance</figcaption></figure> <p>The distance across is about 26 kilometres (14 nmi) from <a href="/wiki/Ras_Menheli" title="Ras Menheli">Ras Menheli</a> in Yemen to <a href="/wiki/Ras_Siyyan" title="Ras Siyyan">Ras Siyyan</a> in Djibouti. The island of <a href="/wiki/Perim" title="Perim">Perim</a> divides the strait into two channels, of which the eastern, known as the <a href="/wiki/Bab_Iskender" title="Bab Iskender">Bab Iskender</a> (Alexander's Strait), is 5.37 kilometres (2.90 nmi) wide and has a depth of 29 <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">metres</a>; 96 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">feet</a> (16 fathoms) deep, while the western, or <a href="/wiki/Dact-el-Mayun" title="Dact-el-Mayun">Dact-el-Mayun</a>, has a width of 20.3 kilometres (11.0 nmi) and a depth of 310 metres; 1,020 feet (170 fathoms). Near the coast of Djibouti lies a group of smaller islands known as the "<a href="/wiki/Seven_Brothers_Islands" title="Seven Brothers Islands">Seven Brothers</a>". There is a surface current inwards in the eastern channel, but a strong undercurrent outwards in the western channel.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1878,_179_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB_1878,_179-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Significance_in_the_maritime_trade_route">Significance in the maritime trade route</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Significance in the maritime trade route"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bab-el-Mandeb acts as a strategic link between the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> via the Red Sea and the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a>. Most exports of petroleum and natural gas from the Persian Gulf that transit the Suez Canal or the <a href="/wiki/Sumed_pipeline" title="Sumed pipeline">SUMED Pipeline</a> pass through both the Bab el-Mandeb and the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz" title="Strait of Hormuz">Strait of Hormuz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EIA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the narrow width of the strait requires vessels to travel through the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial sea">territorial sea</a> of adjacent states, under the purview of Article 37 of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea" title="United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea">United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea</a>, the legal concept of <a href="/wiki/Transit_passage" title="Transit passage">transit passage</a> applies to Bab el-Mandeb, although Eritrea (unlike the rest of coastal countries) is not a party to the convention.<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> </p><p>Chokepoints are narrow channels along widely used global sea routes that are critical to global energy security. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is 26 kilometres (14 nautical miles) wide at its narrowest point, limiting tanker traffic to two 2-mile-wide channels for inbound and outbound shipments.<sup id="cite_ref-EIA_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EB_1878,_179_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB_1878,_179-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait could keep tankers originating in the Persian Gulf from transiting the Suez Canal or reaching the SUMED Pipeline, forcing them to divert around the southern tip of Africa, which would increase transit time and shipping costs. </p><p>In 2006, an estimated 3.3 million barrels (520,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of oil passed through the strait per day, out of a world total of about 43 million barrels per day (6,800,000 m<sup>3</sup>/d) moved by <a href="/wiki/Tanker_(ship)" title="Tanker (ship)">tankers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chokepoints_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chokepoints-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This rose by 2014 to 5.1 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil, condensate and refined petroleum products headed toward Europe, the United States, and Asia, then an estimated 6.2 b/d by 2018. Total petroleum flows through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait accounted for about 9% of total seaborne-traded petroleum (crude oil and refined petroleum products) in 2017. About 3.6 million b/d moved north toward Europe; another 2.6 million b/d flowed in the opposite direction mainly to Asian markets such as Singapore, China, and India.<sup id="cite_ref-EIA_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EIA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=4" 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:Total_petroleum_and_LNG_flows_through_the_Bab_el-Mandeb_Strait_in_2014_through_2018_(48671783212).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Total_petroleum_and_LNG_flows_through_the_Bab_el-Mandeb_Strait_in_2014_through_2018_%2848671783212%29.png/290px-Total_petroleum_and_LNG_flows_through_the_Bab_el-Mandeb_Strait_in_2014_through_2018_%2848671783212%29.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Total_petroleum_and_LNG_flows_through_the_Bab_el-Mandeb_Strait_in_2014_through_2018_%2848671783212%29.png/435px-Total_petroleum_and_LNG_flows_through_the_Bab_el-Mandeb_Strait_in_2014_through_2018_%2848671783212%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Total_petroleum_and_LNG_flows_through_the_Bab_el-Mandeb_Strait_in_2014_through_2018_%2848671783212%29.png/580px-Total_petroleum_and_LNG_flows_through_the_Bab_el-Mandeb_Strait_in_2014_through_2018_%2848671783212%29.png 2x" data-file-width="762" data-file-height="395" /></a><figcaption>Flows of <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">petroleum</a> products and <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas" title="Liquefied natural gas">liquefied natural gas</a> through the strait, 2014–2018</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Paleo-environmental" class="mw-redirect" title="Paleo-environmental">Paleo-environmental</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tectonics" title="Tectonics">tectonic</a> events in the <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a> epoch created the Danakil Isthmus, a land bridge forming a broad connection between Yemen and Ethiopia.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the last 100,000 years, <a href="/wiki/Eustatic_sea_level" title="Eustatic sea level">eustatic sea level</a> fluctuations have led to alternate opening and closing of the straits.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/Recent_single_origin_hypothesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Recent single origin hypothesis">recent single origin hypothesis</a>, the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb were probably witness to the earliest migrations of <a href="/wiki/Modern_humans" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern humans">modern humans</a>. It is presumed that the oceans were then much lower and the straits were much shallower or dry, which allowed a series of emigrations along the southern coast of Asia. </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church</a> tradition, the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb were witness to the earliest migrations of Semitic <a href="/wiki/Ge%27ez" class="mw-redirect" title="Ge'ez">Ge'ez</a> speakers into Africa, occurring <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1900</span> BC, roughly around the same time as the Hebrew patriarch <a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aksum" title="Kingdom of Aksum">Kingdom of Aksum</a> was a major regional power in the <a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>. It extended its rule across the strait with the conquest of the <a href="/wiki/Himyarite_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Himyarite Kingdom">Himyarite Kingdom</a> shortly before the <a href="/wiki/Rise_of_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Rise of Islam">rise of Islam</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">British East India Company</a> unilaterally seized the island of <a href="/wiki/Perim" title="Perim">Perim</a> in 1799 on behalf of its <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">Indian empire</a>. The government of <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">Britain</a> asserted its ownership in 1857 and erected a lighthouse there in 1861, using it to command the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> and the trade routes through the Suez Canal.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1878,_179_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB_1878,_179-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was used as a coaling station to refuel steamships until 1935 when the reduced use of coal as fuel rendered the operation unprofitable.<sup id="cite_ref-Gavin,_p._291_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gavin,_p._291-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The British presence continued until 1967 when the island became part of the <a href="/wiki/South_Yemen" title="South Yemen">People's Republic of South Yemen</a>. Before the handover, the British government had put forward before the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> a proposal for the island to be internationalized<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hakim,_pp._17-18_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hakim,_pp._17-18-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a way to ensure the continued security of passage and navigation in the Bab-el-Mandeb, but this was refused. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Bridge"></span> In 2008 a company owned by <a href="/wiki/Tarek_bin_Laden" title="Tarek bin Laden">Tarek bin Laden</a> unveiled plans to build a bridge named Bridge of the Horns across the strait, linking <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> with <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Middle East Development LLC issued a notice to construct a bridge passing across the Red Sea that would be the longest suspended passing in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was assigned to engineering company <a href="/wiki/COWI" class="mw-redirect" title="COWI">COWI</a> in collaboration with architect studio <a href="/wiki/Dissing%2BWeitling" title="Dissing+Weitling">Dissing+Weitling</a>, both from Denmark but the announced delay to Phase 1 in 2010 and the lack of any further updates since makes this a defunct project. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sub-region">Sub-region</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sub-region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bab-el-Mandeb is also a <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_Arab_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of the Arab League">sub-region</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a>, which includes Djibouti, Yemen, and Eritrea.<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. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demographics">Demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="7" style="background:#eee;"><b>Bab-el-Mandeb:</b><sup id="cite_ref-factbook_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factbook-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ECECEC"> <th>Country </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by area">Area</a><br />(km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by population">Population</a><br />(2016 est.) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_density" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by population density">Population density</a><br />(per km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">Capital</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP)">GDP (PPP) $M USD</a> </th> <th>GDP per capita (PPP) $ USD </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen"><img alt="Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> </td> <td align="right">527,829 </td> <td align="right">27,392,779 </td> <td align="right">51.9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sana%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Sana'a">Sana'a</a> </td> <td align="right">$58,202 </td> <td align="right">$2,249 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea"><img alt="Eritrea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/46px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a> </td> <td align="right">117,600 </td> <td align="right">6,380,803 </td> <td align="right">54.3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asmara" title="Asmara">Asmara</a> </td> <td align="right">$9.121 </td> <td align="right">$1,314 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti"><img alt="Djibouti" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/45px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a> </td> <td align="right">23,200 </td> <td align="right">846,687 </td> <td align="right">36.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_City" title="Djibouti City">Djibouti City</a> </td> <td align="right">$3.327 </td> <td align="right">$3,351 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th align="right">668,629 </th> <th align="right">34,620,269 </th> <th align="right">51.8 / km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th align="right">Various </th> <th align="right">$70,650 </th> <th align="right">$1,841 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_centers">Population centers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Population centers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most significant towns and cities along both the Djiboutian and Yemeni sides of the Bab-el-Mandeb: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Djibouti">Djibouti</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Djibouti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kh%C3%B4r_%CA%BDAngar" title="Khôr ʽAngar">Khôr ʽAngar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moulhoule" title="Moulhoule">Moulhoule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fagal" title="Fagal">Fagal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yemen">Yemen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Yemen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/At_Turbah" title="At Turbah">At Turbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheikh_Sa%C3%AFd" title="Cheikh Saïd">Cheikh Saïd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perim" title="Perim">Perim</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Strait: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_Sea_Dam" title="Red Sea Dam">Red Sea Dam</a></li></ul> <p>Region: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashriq" title="Mashriq">Mashriq</a></li></ul> <p>Rail (tunnel or bridge) transport: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Djibouti" title="Rail transport in Djibouti">Rail transport in Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Eritrea" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Eritrea">Rail transport in Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Somalia" title="Rail transport in Somalia">Rail transport in Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Yemen">Rail transport in Yemen</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bab-el-Mandeb&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_do_Nzeto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía do Nzeto (page does not exist)">Baía do Nzeto</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_do_Suto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía do Suto (page does not exist)">Baía do Suto</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baie_de_Gor%C3%A9e&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baie de Gorée (page does not exist)">Baie de Gorée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baie_de_Sangareya" title="Baie de Sangareya">Baie de Sangareya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bandombaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bandombaai (page does not exist)">Bandombaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Anfile" title="Bay of Anfile">Bay of Anfile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Arguin" title="Bay of Arguin">Bay of Arguin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Arzew&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay of Arzew (page does not exist)">Bay of Arzew</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Aseb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay of Aseb (page does not exist)">Bay of Aseb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Beylul" title="Bay of Beylul">Bay of Beylul</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Edd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay of Edd (page does not exist)">Bay of Edd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Hawakil" title="Bay of Hawakil">Bay of Hawakil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Langarano" title="Bay of Langarano">Bay of Langarano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Saint-Augustin" title="Bay of Saint-Augustin">Bay of Saint-Augustin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Tangier" title="Bay of Tangier">Bay of Tangier</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benguela_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benguela Bay (page does not exist)">Benguela Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bera%E2%80%99esoli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bera’esoli (page does not exist)">Bera’esoli</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betty%E2%80%99s_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Betty’s Bay (page does not exist)">Betty’s Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bight_of_Benin" title="Bight of Benin">Bight of Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bight_of_Biafra" title="Bight of Biafra">Bight of Biafra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bocock%E2%80%99s_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bocock’s Bay (page does not exist)">Bocock’s Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombetoka_Bay" title="Bombetoka Bay">Bombetoka Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bootbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bootbaai (page does not exist)">Bootbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bosluisbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bosluisbaai (page does not exist)">Bosluisbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cabinda_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cabinda Bay (page does not exist)">Cabinda Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Cross_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cape Cross Bay (page does not exist)">Cape Cross Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Negro_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cape Negro Bay (page does not exist)">Cape Negro Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chake-Chake_Bay" title="Chake-Chake Bay">Chake-Chake Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chameis_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chameis Bay (page does not exist)">Chameis Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chwaka_Bay" title="Chwaka Bay">Chwaka Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conception_Bay_(Namibia)" title="Conception Bay (Namibia)">Conception Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cuio_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cuio Bay (page does not exist)">Cuio Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakhlet_Nouadhibou" title="Dakhlet Nouadhibou">Dakhlet Nouadhibou</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dalwakteah_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dalwakteah Bay (page does not exist)">Dalwakteah Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deurloopbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deurloopbaai (page does not exist)">Deurloopbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doringbaai" title="Doringbaai">Doringbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungonab_Bay" title="Dungonab Bay">Dungonab Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durissa_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Durissa Bay (page does not exist)">Durissa Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elands_Bay" title="Elands Bay">Elands Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_das_Pombas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada das Pombas (page does not exist)">Enseada das Pombas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_de_S%C3%A3o_Braz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada de São Braz (page does not exist)">Enseada de São Braz</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_do_Catumbo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada do Catumbo (page does not exist)">Enseada do Catumbo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_do_Chalungo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada do Chalungo (page does not exist)">Enseada do Chalungo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_do_Quicombo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada do Quicombo (page does not exist)">Enseada do Quicombo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_do_Quitungo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada do Quitungo (page does not exist)">Enseada do Quitungo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_dos_Tr%C3%AAs_Irm%C3%A3os&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada dos Três Irmãos (page does not exist)">Enseada dos Três Irmãos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equimina_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Equimina Bay (page does not exist)">Equimina Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_Bay" title="False Bay">False Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Farta_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Farta Bay (page does not exist)">Farta Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernao_Veloso_Bay" title="Fernao Veloso Bay">Fernao Veloso Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foul_Bay" title="Foul Bay">Foul Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederik_se_Baai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frederik se Baai (page does not exist)">Frederik se Baai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghoubbet-el-Kharab" title="Ghoubbet-el-Kharab">Ghoubbet-el-Kharab</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grosse_Bucht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grosse Bucht (page does not exist)">Grosse Bucht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_%27Agig" title="Gulf of 'Agig">Gulf of 'Agig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Gab%C3%A8s" title="Gulf of Gabès">Gulf of Gabès</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Hammamet" title="Gulf of Hammamet">Gulf of Hammamet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra" title="Gulf of Sidra">Gulf of Sidra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Suez" title="Gulf of Suez">Gulf of Suez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tadjoura" title="Gulf of Tadjoura">Gulf of Tadjoura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tunis" title="Gulf of Tunis">Gulf of Tunis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Zula" title="Gulf of Zula">Gulf of Zula</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hafun_Bay_South&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hafun Bay South (page does not exist)">Hafun Bay South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hann_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Hann Bay">Hann Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harrison_Cove&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harrison Cove (page does not exist)">Harrison Cove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henties_Bay" title="Henties Bay">Henties Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hirgh%C4%ABgo_Bahir_Selat%E2%80%99%C4%93&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hirghīgo Bahir Selat’ē (page does not exist)">Hirghīgo Bahir Selat’ē</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horingbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Horingbaai (page does not exist)">Horingbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotsbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hottentotsbaai (page does not exist)">Hottentotsbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurdiyo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hurdiyo (page does not exist)">Hurdiyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydra_Bay" title="Hydra Bay">Hydra Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inhambane_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inhambane Bay (page does not exist)">Inhambane Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jammer_Bucht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jammer Bucht (page does not exist)">Jammer Bucht</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Owen_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Owen Bay (page does not exist)">John Owen Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalawy_Bay" title="Kalawy Bay">Kalawy Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiwaiyu_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kiwaiyu Bay (page does not exist)">Kiwaiyu Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lambert_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lambert Bay (page does not exist)">Lambert Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamu_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lamu Bay (page does not exist)">Lamu Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Langbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Langbaai (page does not exist)">Langbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loango_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loango Bay (page does not exist)">Loango Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobito_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Lobito Bay">Lobito Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luanda_Bay" title="Luanda Bay">Luanda Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCderitz_Bay" title="Lüderitz Bay">Lüderitz Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=McDougall_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McDougall Bay (page does not exist)">McDougall Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manza_Bay" title="Manza Bay">Manza Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maputo_Bay" title="Maputo Bay">Maputo Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Markusbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Markusbaai (page does not exist)">Markusbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memba_Bay" title="Memba Bay">Memba Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menai_Bay" title="Menai Bay">Menai Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meob_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meob Bay (page does not exist)">Meob Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mietjie_Frans_se_Baai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mietjie Frans se Baai (page does not exist)">Mietjie Frans se Baai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moraha_Bahir_Selat%E2%80%99%C4%93&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moraha Bahir Selat’ē (page does not exist)">Moraha Bahir Selat’ē</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mossel_Bay" title="Mossel Bay">Mossel Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%B6webaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Möwebaai (page does not exist)">Möwebaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Noopbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noopbaai (page does not exist)">Noopbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oran_Gulf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oran Gulf (page does not exist)">Oran Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pemba_Bay" title="Pemba Bay">Pemba Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipas_Bay" title="Pipas Bay">Pipas Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaatjieskraalbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plaatjieskraalbaai (page does not exist)">Plaatjieskraalbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Platbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Platbaai (page does not exist)">Platbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plettenbergbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plettenbergbaai (page does not exist)">Plettenbergbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire_Bay" title="Pointe-Noire Bay">Pointe-Noire Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porto_Alexandre,_Angola" title="Porto Alexandre, Angola">Porto Alexandre, Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prinzen_Bucht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prinzen Bucht (page does not exist)">Prinzen Bucht</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_Oro_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Río de Oro Bay (page does not exist)">Río de Oro Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rock_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rock Bay (page does not exist)">Rock Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roode_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roode Bay (page does not exist)">Roode Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rooiwalbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rooiwalbaai (page does not exist)">Rooiwalbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Francis_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Francis Bay (page does not exist)">Saint Francis Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Francis_Bay_(Eastern_Cape)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Francis Bay (Eastern Cape) (page does not exist)">Saint Francis Bay (Eastern Cape)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Helena_Bay" title="St Helena Bay">St Helena Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Sebastian_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Sebastian Bay (page does not exist)">Saint Sebastian Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saldanha_Bay" title="Saldanha Bay">Saldanha Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandwich_Harbour" title="Sandwich Harbour">Sandwich Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sierra_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sierra Bay (page does not exist)">Sierra Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skoonbergbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skoonbergbaai (page does not exist)">Skoonbergbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skurfbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skurfbaai (page does not exist)">Skurfbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slangbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Slangbaai (page does not exist)">Slangbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sodwana_Bay" title="Sodwana Bay">Sodwana Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sofala_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sofala Bay">Sofala Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somnaasbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Somnaasbaai (page does not exist)">Somnaasbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spencer_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spencer Bay (page does not exist)">Spencer Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoegrivierbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spoegrivierbaai (page does not exist)">Spoegrivierbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Struisbaai" title="Struisbaai">Struisbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swartstraat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swartstraat (page does not exist)">Swartstraat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Table_Bay" title="Table Bay">Table Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thysbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thysbaai (page does not exist)">Thysbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tietiesbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tietiesbaai (page does not exist)">Tietiesbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ungama_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ungama Bay (page does not exist)">Ungama Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Bay" title="Walker Bay">Walker Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walvis_Bay_(bay)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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