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The Bab-el-Mandeb acts as a strategic link between the
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2142:Bab Iskender
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1871:Lüderitz Bay
1821:Jammer Bucht
1766:Gulf of Zula
1751:Gulf of Suez
1721:Gulf of Aden
1716:Grosse Bucht
1681:Equimina Bay
1631:Dungonab Bay
1621:Deurloopbaai
1551:Bocock’s Bay
1526:Benguela Bay
1486:Bay of Arzew
1456:Baía do Suto
1376:Baía Almeida
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2081:Swartstraat
2066:Spencer Bay
2061:Somnaasbaai
2051:Sodwana Bay
1996:Rooiwalbaai
1841:Lambert Bay
1836:Kiwaiyu Bay
1786:Henties Bay
1636:Durissa Bay
1591:Chameis Bay
1571:Cabinda Bay
1566:Bosluisbaai
1536:Betty’s Bay
1491:Bay of Aseb
1371:Arab's Gulf
1336:Algiers Bay
1321:Abu Qir Bay
1273:Alboran Sea
945:www.eia.gov
812:Red Sea Dam
797:Cheikh Saïd
770:Khôr ʽAngar
737:34,620,269
644:27,392,779
570:Arab League
477: 1900
329:Ras Menheli
148:Max. length
110: /
85:Coordinates
2291:Categories
2231:Historical
2106:Walker Bay
2101:Ungama Bay
2076:Struisbaai
2056:Sofala Bay
2031:Sierra Bay
1921:Mossel Bay
1891:Markusbaai
1886:Maputo Bay
1866:Luanda Bay
1861:Lobito Bay
1856:Loango Bay
1831:Kalawy Bay
1796:Horingbaai
1641:Elands Bay
1626:Doringbaai
1596:Chwaka Bay
1531:Bera’esoli
1501:Bay of Edd
1471:Bandombaai
858:References
740:51.8 / km
678:6,380,803
601:Population
566:sub-region
560:Sub-region
377:Suez Canal
333:Ras Siyyan
233:ባብ ኣል ማንዳብ
208:باب المندب
156:Min. width
2116:Yawri Bay
2086:Table Bay
2046:Slangbaai
2041:Skurfbaai
1991:Roode Bay
1946:Pipas Bay
1941:Pemba Bay
1936:Oran Gulf
1901:Menai Bay
1896:Memba Bay
1881:Manza Bay
1811:Hydra Bay
1691:Farta Bay
1686:False Bay
1346:Ambas Bay
1341:Algoa Bay
792:At Turbah
775:Moulhoule
746:$ 70,650
655:$ 58,202
611:(per km)
428:petroleum
426:Flows of
315:Geography
304:from the
78:West Asia
55:and on a
2091:Thysbaai
1986:Rock Bay
1956:Platbaai
1931:Noopbaai
1926:Möwebaai
1906:Meob Bay
1851:Langbaai
1846:Lamu Bay
1776:Hann Bay
1701:Foul Bay
1606:Cuio Bay
1561:Bootbaai
1314:and bays
1266:and seas
1147:BBC News
1084:Archived
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884:BBC News
817:Region:
807:Strait:
803:See also
764:Djibouti
749:$ 1,841
743:Various
734:668,629
726:$ 3,351
723:$ 3.327
712:846,687
705:Djibouti
692:$ 1,314
689:$ 9.121
675:117,600
658:$ 2,249
641:527,829
590:Country
546:Djibouti
443:tectonic
371:and the
257:Djibouti
247:between
229:Tigrinya
186:Doumeira
130:Djibouti
72:Between
69:Location
61:(bottom)
2130:Straits
2121:Yof Bay
1806:Hurdiyo
1298:Red Sea
827:Mashriq
709:23,200
671:Eritrea
615:Capital
568:in the
520:Red Sea
516:Britain
447:Miocene
418:History
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269:Red Sea
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95:12°35′N
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651:Sana'a
483:. The
345:metres
245:strait
203:Arabic
1312:Gulfs
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786:Yemen
780:Fagal
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681:54.3
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470:Ge'ez
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