Nuweiba

Nuweiba is a coastal town in the eastern part of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba. Historically it is in the Asian part of Egypt, and the area was inhabited by two Bedouin tribes, the Tarabin to the north and the Muzeina some 8 kilometres to the south. After the Six-Day War, when Israel occupied the area, a small town named Neviot in Hebrew was established just south of Tarabeen, and after the Israelis left President Hosni Mubarak expanded the settlement. Nuweiba Port, some 7 kilometres to the south, was developed with several car ferries a day to Aqaba in Jordan, and a small town grew up around it. Nuweiba castle, built in 1893 on top of an older castle, has been proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The town lies on a flood plain of about 40 square kilometres between the Sinai mountains and the Gulf of Aqaba.