Gabal Sha'ib El Banat is a mountain in Egypt, situated in the
Sahara
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Eastern Desert, 40 km from the
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...
, between the cities of
Hurghada and
Safaga.
Geography
''Gabal Sha'ib El Banat'' is the highest peak of the Eastern Desert mountain range, and is the highest peak of mainland
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
(excluding the
Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a l ...
).
Peaks
The group of peaks of the Shaiyb al-Banat is composed of four mountains:
* ''Gabal Abu Dukhan'' (1,705 m.),
* ''Gabal Qattar'' (or Gattar, 1,963 m.),
* ''Gabal Shayeb El-Banat'' (2,187 m.),
* ''Gabal Umm Anab'' (1,782 m.).
Seasonal rivulets on its slopes are from precipitation and
spring
Spring(s) may refer to:
Common uses
* Spring (season), a season of the year
* Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy
* Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water
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s.
People
The area of Gabal Sha'ib El Banat is mainly inhabited by the Ma'aza tribe, also known as ''Bani Attia'', which is composed of about 4,000/5,000 people that live in an area of 90,000 km². These people are nomads and live with their chattel of sheep, goats, and
dromedaries
The dromedary (''Camelus dromedarius'' or ;), also known as the dromedary camel, Arabian camel, or one-humped camel, is a large even-toed ungulate, of the genus ''Camelus'', with one hump on its back.
It is the tallest of the three species of ...
. The Bedouin Arab of Banu Hilal have lived in area between 11th and 12th centuries.
See also
*
List of Ultras of Africa
References
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Mountains of Egypt
Red Sea Governorate
Sahara