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The closest distance between two cities in the two countries is 11 km, the maritime distance between Jordan's Aqaba and Egypt's Taba, Separated by the Israeli city of Eilat through the Arabah and Taba Border Crossing.
View of the Gulf of Aqaba near Nuweiba, Egypt. The gulf measures 24 km (15 mi) at its widest point and stretches some 160 km (100 mi) north from the Straits of Tiran to where Israel meets Egypt and Jordan. The city of Aqaba is the largest on the gulf. Like the coastal waters of the Red Sea, the gulf is one of the world's premier sites for diving.
A satellite map of the Middle East with Jordan in the center. A village near Al-Salt in the Balqa Governorate. Wadi Rum in Southern Jordan.. The country consists mainly of a plateau between 700 metres (2,300 ft) and 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) meters high, divided into ridges by valleys and gorges, and a few mountainous areas.
After King Hussein's death in 1999, relations between Jordan and the Persian Gulf countries greatly improved. [158] Jordan is a key ally of the US and UK and, together with Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, is one of only three Arab nations to have signed peace treaties with Israel, Jordan's direct neighbour. [159]
Arab countries released a statement opposing President Donald Trump's idea of relocating 1.5 Palestinian refugees from demolished Gaza to Egypt and Jordan.
The Jordan River or River Jordan (Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (Arabic: نهر الشريعة), is a 251-kilometre-long (156 mi) endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead Sea.
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Cruise lines scrap Egypt and Jordan ports of call amid rising tensions in Middle East. Simon Calder. October 30, 2023 at 1:19 PM ... and the country will be avoided by cruise ships indefinitely.