Taba (Egypt)

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Taba
Coordinates	29 ° 30 '  N , 34 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 29 ° 30 '  N , 34 ° 54'  E
Basic data
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Janub Sina

Taba ( Arabic طابا, DMG Ṭābā ) is located on the Sinai Peninsula on the Gulf of Aqaba in Egypt . Taba is located at the " quadrangle " of Egypt, Saudi Arabia , Jordan and Israel and belongs to the Egyptian governorate of Janub Sina . The city borders directly on Israel and is only 6 km from the Israeli city of Eilat . Taba Airport is 16 km northwest of the city .

climate

Taba
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     21st 9     23 11     26th 13     31 17th     36 21st     37 24     40 25th     39 25th     36 24     33 20th     27 15th     22nd 12 Temperature in ° C

Average monthly temperatures for Taba Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 21st 23 26th 31 36 37 40 39 36 33 27 22nd O 31 Min. Temperature (° C) 9 11 13 17th 21st 24 25th 25th 24 20th 15th 12 O 18th Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 8th 8th 9 9 11 12 12 11 12 10 9 6th O 9.8 Rainy days ( d ) 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Σ 6th Water temperature (° C) 21st 20th 20th 21st 22nd 23 25th 26th 25th 24 23 22nd O 22.7 Humidity ( % ) 52 45 44 33 30th 32 35 38 44 48 47 53 O 41.8 Source: missing

history

Egyptian-Israeli border crossing in Taba (December 2010)

Taba was only awarded to Egypt again in 1988 as the last part of the Sinai Peninsula by an international court of arbitration. After the Israeli occupation as a result of the Six Day War of 1967, the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty of 1979 failed to reach an agreement on Taba. The Israeli side argued that Taba was not part of Egypt when Egypt was separated from the Ottoman Empire in 1906 . The arbitral tribunal did not agree with this opinion. Only on March 19, 1989, the Egyptian President Husni Mubarak was able to raise the Egyptian flag in Taba. Since then, a "national holiday" has been celebrated annually on this day on the southern Sinai Peninsula.

terrorist attacks

Attack on October 7, 2004

On October 7, 2004, at 9:50 pm, the Taba Hilton Hotel was attacked by a suicide bomber using a car bomb . Among the 34 victims were 12 Israelis, against whom the attack was presumably directed. 25 minutes later, Camp Moon Island Village in Ras Schitan was also attacked with a car bomb, killing 3 people. The attacks are attributed to the terrorist group al-Qaeda .

Bomb attack on February 16, 2014

At least five people died in a bomb attack on the Taba- Eilat border on February 16, 2014. The attack occurred on a pilgrim bus from the St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai . Four South Korean tourists and the Egyptian bus driver were among the dead .

The terrorist organization Ansar Bait al-Maqdis , which operates from Sinai, claimed responsibility for the attack .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Signing of Agreement With Israel Turns Over Last of Sinai to Egypt. In: nytimes.com of February 27, 1989.
2. ^ 'No al-Qaeda hand' in Egypt bombs. In: news.bbc.co.uk. November 1, 2004, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Hans-Christian Rößler: Attack on tourist bus in Sinai. In: FAZ.net . February 16, 2014, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Al Jazeera : Egypt tourist bus attacked in Sinai blast on February 16, 2014.
5. ↑ Martin Gehlen: Al-Qaida is becoming more and more powerful in Egypt. In: tagesspiegel.de . February 18, 2014, accessed February 25, 2015 . 

Web links

Wikivoyage: Taba  - Travel Guide

Wikivoyage: Taba Heights  - Travel Guide

Commons : Taba  - collection of images, videos and audio files