Gabal Sha'ib El Banat is a mountain in Egypt, situated in the

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Eastern Desert The Eastern Desert (Archaically known as Arabia or the Arabian Desert) is the part of the Sahara desert that is located east of the Nile river. It spans of North-Eastern Africa and is bordered by the Nile river to the west and the Red Sea and ...

, 40 km from the

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, between the cities of

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and

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Geography

''Gabal Sha'ib El Banat'' is the highest peak of the Eastern Desert mountain range, and is the highest peak of mainland

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(excluding the

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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

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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

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. The Bedouin Arab of Banu Hilal have lived in area between 11th and 12th centuries.

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Geography

Peaks

People

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