Native name: جزيرة ثيران | |
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 Map of Tiran and Sanafir Islands | |
  Tiran Island Tiran Island in the Strait of Tiran off the Southeastern coast of Sinai Peninsula | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Red Sea |
| Coordinates | 27°57′N 34°33′E / 27.950°N 34.550°E |
| Total islands | 1 |
| Administration | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
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Tiran (Arabic: جزيرة ثيران Jezîret Tīrān,[1] Jazīrat Tīrān),[2] and Yotvat Island,[3][4] is a Saudi Arabian island that was formerly administered by Egypt. Sovereignty of the two Red Sea islands, Tiran and Sanafir, was ceded officially to Saudi Arabia as part of a maritime border agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The agreement was subsequently approved by the Egyptian Parliament and finally ratified by President Abd el-Fattah el-Sisi on 24 June 2017.[5]
- ^ "Jezîret Tīrān: Saudi Arabia". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Jazīrat Tīrān: Egypt". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Yotvat Island, Egypt - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ Shindler, Colin (2013). A History (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-10702862-3. U_ukZhiBzykC&pg=PA122&dq=Yotvat+island#v=onepage&q=Yotvat%20island&f=false.)
- ^ "Egypt's Sisi ratifies deal ceding Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia".