Dehil

Dehil
	LANDSAT image of the island
Waters	Red Sea
Archipelago	Dahlak Archipelago
Geographical location	15 ° 54 '40 " N , 39 ° 38' 14" E Coordinates: 15 ° 54 '40 " N , 39 ° 38' 14" E
length	6.2 km
width	3 km
surface	11.28 km²
Highest elevation	53 m
Residents	473 (2009) ; 42 inhabitants / km²
	Map of the Dahlak Archipelago with Dohul in the west

Dehil even Dehel or Dohul transcribed , is next to Dahlak Kebir and Nora one of the three inhabited islands in to Eritrea belonging Dahlak archipelago in the Red Sea .

Dehil is located in the western part of the Dahlak Archipelago, around 21 kilometers northeast of the Eritrean mainland near Ras Harb, but 31 kilometers northwest of the main Dahlak island of Dahlak Kebir and 36 kilometers southwest of Nora, the third inhabited island in the archipelago.

According to the PNAS island database, Dehil (Dohul) has an area of 11.28 km². It reaches a height of 53 meters.

In 2009 the island had 473 inhabitants in 102 households.

The Dahalik language is spoken on the island as well as on Dahlak Kebir and Nora .

Administratively, like the entire archipelago, Dehil belongs to the Semienawi Kayih Bahri region .