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Bir Tawil (Egyptian Arabic: بير طويل, romanized: Bīr Ṭawīl, lit. 'tall water well', [biːɾ tˤɑˈwiːl] ) is a 2,060 km 2 (795.4 sq mi) area of land along the border between Egypt and Sudan , which is uninhabited and claimed by neither country.
In November 2017, Suyash Dixit, a 24-year-old Indian businessman from Indore, travelled to Bir Tawil, declaring it the Kingdom of Dixit and requesting recognition from the United Nations. Flying from Cairo to Abu Simbel, he reached Bir Tawil on November 4 via a rental car and planted sunflower seeds in the desert. [5]
Between Egypt and the Sudan is the 2,060 km 2 (800 sq mi) landlocked territory of Bir Tawil, which was created by a discrepancy between borders drawn in 1899 and 1902. One border placed Bir Tawil under the Sudan's control and the Halaib Triangle under Egypt's; the other border did the reverse.
Map of the Halaib Triangle and Bir Tawil from 1912 The Halaib Triangle has been under Egyptian administration since mid-1990. This map is colored from the Sudanese perspective Although this map of Sudan depicts the Halaib Triangle as part of the country, Sudan does not exercise its jurisdiction over the area Simplified map showing Egypt's claim (yellow and green), Sudan's claim (blue and green ...
Hala'ib Triangle and Bir Tawil Egypt Sudan [7] Previously under joint administration; Egypt now maintains full de facto control of the Hala'ib Triangle. The boundaries claimed by Egypt and Sudan both include the Hala'ib Triangle. The area of Bir Tawil close to the triangle is unclaimed by both countries. Ilemi Triangle Kenya South Sudan
Gabal Hagar El Zarqa (Arabic: جَـبَـل حَـجَـر الـزَّرْقَـاء, romanized: Jabal Ḥajar az-Zarqā’) [1] is the highest point in Bir Tawil, an unclaimed area in the Nubian desert between Egypt and Sudan [2] in Northeast Africa.
Since Sudan claims the amended border of 1902, it also claims the Halaib Triangle and the Wadi Halfa Salient, while no country claims the Bir Tawil area, making it de facto a terra nullius. While there have been disputes about the Halaib Triangle and military occupation by Egypt, the small area of the Wadi Halfa Salient remained out of the ...
Map showing the disputed Halayib Triangle, with Bir Tawil to the immediate west. Egypt, though nominally part of the Ottoman Empire, had acquired a large degree of autonomy under Muhammad Ali following the Second Egyptian-Ottoman War of 1839–1841. [3]