Dahab
Dahab
ذهب | |
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coastal town | |
Overview of Dahab, its beaches and coral reef | |
| Coordinates: 28°29′35″N 34°30′17″E / 28.49306°N 34.50472°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | South Sinai |
| Area | |
• Total | 418 sq mi (1,083 km2) |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 3,106 |
| • Density | 7.4/sq mi (2.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
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Dahab (Arabic: ذهب, IPA: [ˈdæhæb], "gold") is a small town on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, approximately 80 km (50 mi) northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Dahab can be divided into three major parts. Masbat, which includes the Bedouin village of Asalah, in the north; Mashraba, south of Masbat, and Medina in the southwest.
Dahab is mentioned in Deuteronomy as דִ֥י זָהָֽב (dî zāhāḇ), and in the Septuagint translation as Καταχρύσεα. Gesenius exegetes as, “I have no doubt but that it is the same place as that now called Dehab on the western shore of the Ælanitic gulf, where there are many palms.”
Following the Six-Day War of 1967, Sinai was occupied by Israel and Dahab became known as Di-Zahav. The Sinai Peninsula was restored to Egyptian rule under the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1982.