The Strand Hotel, Eilat

Eilat (Hebrew אֵילַת, Standard Hebrew Elat, Eylat), pop. 55,000, is Israel's southernmost city (located at 29.55° N 34.95° E), in the Southern District of Israel. Adjacent to the Egyptian city of Taba and Jordanian (previously Saudi) port of Aqaba, Eilat is located at the northern tip of the Gulf of Eilat, which is the eastern sleeve of the Red Sea (the western leading to the Suez Canal). Eilat is named after the Biblical Elath, which now corresponds to modern neighboring Aqaba. Image File history File linksMetadata Elath_Eilat_Israel_Strand_Hotel_datafox. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Elath_Eilat_Israel_Strand_Hotel_datafox. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 7 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ... The Southern District, or South District, of Israel includes the following towns and cities: Arad ערד Ashdod אשדוד Ashqelon אשקלון Beer Sheva (Beersheba) באר שבע Dimona דימונה Elat אילת Netivot נתיבות Ofaqim אופקים Qiryat Gat קריית גת Qiryat Malakhi קריית מלאכי Rahat Sederot שדרות Yerucham See also List... A small Egyptian village near the northern tip of the Gulf of Eilat, Taba is the location of Egypts busiest border crossing with neighboring Israel. ... Aqaba (Arabic: العقبة al-Ê»Aqabah) is a coastal town with a population of 101,290 (2000) and 2% of Jordans population in the far south of Jordan (29. ... Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez(west), Gulf of Aqaba(east) viewed from Space Shuttle STS-40. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea (Arabic البحر الأحمر al-Bahr al-Ahmar; Hebrew ים סוף Yam Suf; Tigrigna ቀይሕ ባሕሪ QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal The Suez Canal (Arabic: قناة السويس, Qanā al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163 km maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said (BÅ«r SaÄ«d) on the Mediterranean Sea and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red Sea. ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh, but not Old Testament, because it does not recognize the concept of a New Testament. ... Aqaba (Arabic: العقبة al-ʿAqabah; Standard Hebrew עקבה) is a coastal town in the far south of Jordan. ...

typical view in Eilat

Eilat's weather is very hot and dry due to its proximity to the Negev, Sinai, Arabian and Sahara deserts. Temperatures at summer are often in excess in 40°C, and in winter - of 25°C, both very high even for the relatively hot Israel. However, the relatively cool (22°C-25°C) and clean waters of the Red Sea, which are the habitat of a large number of tropical marine species, and the exotic beauty of the landscape surrounding the city make it a favorite tourist attraction, Israel's most popular. Image File history File linksMetadata Elath_Eilat_Israel_Wueste_datafox. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Elath_Eilat_Israel_Wueste_datafox. ... Ruins in the Negev desert The Negev (Hebrew נֶגֶב, Tiberian Hebrew Néḡeḇ; Arabic النقب an-Naqab) is the desert region of southern Israel. ... Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 See Sinai for other uses of Sinai The Sinai Peninsula (in Arabic, Shibh Jazirat Sina شبه جزيرة سيناء) is a triangle-shaped peninsula lying between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea (to the south), located...

Eilat photographed from Aqaba

Eilat is also a port of strategic and economic significance. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and in violation of international law, Egypt denied passage through the Suez Canal to Israeli-flagged vessels and to non-Israeli flagged vessels carrying cargo to Israeli ports. This made Eilat crucial to Israel for access to markets in East Africa and Southeast Asia, and for the import of oil. Without recourse to Eilat, vessels sailing from Israel would have to journey through the Mediterranean and around the Cape of Good Hope to reach Southeast Asia. Image File history File linksMetadata Eilat0. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Eilat0. ... The 1948 Arab-Israeli War is referred to as the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) or as the War of Liberation (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis. ... 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal The Suez Canal (Arabic: قناة السويس, Qanā al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163 km maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said (Būr Saīd) on the Mediterranean Sea and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red Sea. ... East Africa is a region generally considered to include: Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Tanzania Uganda Burundi, Rwanda, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, and Sudan are sometimes considered a part of East Africa. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... 1888 Map of the Cape of Good Hope The expression Cape of Good Hope is used in two senses (1) sensu stricto it is a wild and rocky headland in South Africa, on the southern fringe of the Cape Peninsula, some thirty kilometres south of Cape Town (2) sensu lato...

Eilat became a free trade zone in 1985. Eilat has a domestic airport (domestic code: ETH, international code: LLET). International flights to the city are served at Ovda International Airport [1] (code: VDA), situated some 50 km north-east of the city.
Eilat holds various attractions, such as the Coral World Underwater Observatory, the Coral Reserve, and scuba diving at Dolphin Reef. Eilat's population includes a large number of foreign travellers, often working in the construction trade. A free trade zone (FTZ) or export processing zone is one or more areas of a country where tariffs and quotas are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered in order to attract companies by raising the incentives for doing business there. ... This article is about the year. ... Ovda International Airport is the southern airport of Israel, located north from Eilat. ... // Headline text Headline text Headline text Headline text Bold text Orders Scleractinia Corals are gastrovascular marine cnidarians (phylum Cnidaria; class Anthozoa) existing as small sea anemone-like polyps, typically forming colonies of many individuals. ... Genera See article below. ...

External link

• Eilat - The 48th Soul The story of the Israeli navy battle-ship "Eilat" that was named after the city
• Eilat.se - Travelguide to Eilat for the swedish market.