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Countries That Touch the Red Sea

Can you name all the countries that have a border with the Red Sea?
We consider the Gulf of Aqaba to be part of the Red Sea
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Last updated: December 26, 2019
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Country
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Israel
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Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Yemen
19 Comments
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Level 86
Nov 29, 2015
Somalia?
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Level 79
Jan 23, 2016
Nope.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Somalia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/553px-Somalia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png

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Level 38
Jun 16, 2018
I thought so, thank you the map :)
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Level 41
Mar 24, 2019
Somalia boxers the Gulf of Aden, not the Red Sea.
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Level 21
May 6, 2022
Sermalia touches Gulf of Aden not the Red Sea
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Level 78
Jan 25, 2016
You can play it here :)
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Level 81
Apr 29, 2016
If the Gulf of Aden counts as part of the Red Sea, then why would Somalia not be included here? Look at a map. Why else even include that caveat? Yemen and Djibouti both have territory that extends north of the Gulf.
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Level 81
Apr 29, 2016
oh.... nevermind. Gulf of Aqaba. Not Gulf of Aden.
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Level 71
Apr 29, 2016
Rats! Didn't get Eritrea cause I spelled it wrong.
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Level 51
Feb 2, 2020
Almost got caught on Israel
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Level 59
Aug 7, 2020
The fact that you have to specify about the Gulf of Aqaba is a sad reminder of how far the "actually/technically" madness in comments went. I mean, what else would it be, part of Black sea?

More interesting discussion could be, where exactly is the division between Red sea and the Gulf of Aden, ergo whether or not Djibouti should be included. I'm guessing it's at the little peninsula sticking out of Yemen and the small island next to it, but you could make an argument for moving the border up to around Assab. That would at least make a bit of sense, unlike not counting Gulf of Aqaba.

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Level 72
Apr 3, 2024
I'm about 3-4 years late, but the division between the two is the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. In other words, Djibouti barely makes the cut.

If you want a map to help visualise this a bit better, click here.

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Level 30
Oct 2, 2020
O, man forgot about Yemen
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Level 91
Feb 4, 2022
Cool quiz. Finished with less than 20 seconds left.
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Level 30
Feb 17, 2022
i typed djibouti like 5 different ways and never got it evan after looking up the spelling
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Level 67
Feb 15, 2024
Full marks for the Robbster.
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Level 17
Feb 15, 2024
By the way it's called Palestine not the non-existing country you put
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Level 72
Apr 3, 2024
Did you make an account just for this comment? Anyway, the Palestinian territories do not stretch to the Gulf of Aqaba.
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Level 22
Feb 17, 2024
i feel so dumb for not answering egypt