Wadi Halfa Salient

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Wadi Halfa Salient
Disputed territory
Map of the claims of both Sudan and Egypt, the Wadi Halfa Salient is the elbow shaped area in the middle, colored in dark green.
Wadi Halfa Salient Location between Egypt and the Sudan
Coordinates: 22°05′31″N 31°24′20″E / 22.09194°N 31.40556°E / 22.09194; 31.40556
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	+3

The Wadi Halfa Salient, named after Wadi Halfa, a nearby Sudanese city 22 kilometers south of the border, is a salient of the international border between Egypt and the Sudan along the Nile River to the north. The area is currently controlled by Egypt. The area (along with the Halaib Triangle and Bir Tawil) is created by two different definitions of the Egypt–Sudan border: the "political boundary" set in 1899, and the "administrative boundary" set in 1902.^[1]