Eilat

Eilat (,  ) is Israel's soothmaist ceity, a busy port as well as a popular resort, locatit at the northren tip o the Red Sea, on the Gulf o Eilat (or Gulf o Aqaba). Hame tae  fowk, the ceity is pairt o the Soothren Negev Desert, at the soothren end o the Arava. The ceity is adjacent tae the Egyptian veelage o Taba tae the sooth, the Jordanian port ceity o Aqaba tae the east, an athin sicht o Saudi Arabie tae the sooth-east, athort the gulf. Eilat's arid desert climate is moderatit bi proximity tae a warm sea. Temperaturs aften exceed 40 °C (104 °F) in simmer, an 21 °C (70 °F) in winter, while watter temperaturs range atween 20 an 26 °C (68 an 79 °F). The ceity's beaches, nichtlife an desert landscapes mak it a popular destination for domestic an internaitional tourism.

Geography 
The geology an landscape are varied: igneous an metamorphic rocks, sandstane an limestane; muntains up tae 892 metres (2,927 ft) abuin sea level; broad valleys such as the Arava, an seashore on the Gulf o Aqaba. With an annual average rainfaw o 28 millimetres (1.1 in) an simmer temperaturs o 40 °C (104 °F) an heicher, watter resoorces an vegetation are leemitit. The main elements that influenced the region's history wur the copper resoorces an ither minerals, the auncient internaitional roads that crossed the aurie, an its geopoleetical an strategic position. These resultit in a settlement density that defies the environmental conditions.Avner, U. 2008. Eilat Region. In, A. Stern (ed.). The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavation in the Holy Land, Volume 5 (Supplementary). Jerusalem. 1704-1711.

Neighborhuids
Eilat haes 15 neighborhuids:
 Arava
 Ganim A
 Ganim B
 Hadekel
 Ha'eshel
 Mizpe Yam
 Maar'av Sheva, kent as West7 an aw
 Neve Midbar
 Ophir
 Shahamon
 Tse'elim
 Urim
 Ye'elim
 Zofit Elite
 Zofit Tachtit

Sister ceeties an twin touns 

  Antibes, Fraunce
  Juan-les-Pins, Fraunce
  Arica, Chile
  Durban, Sooth Africae
  Serres, Greece
  Smolyan, Bulgarie
  Kamen, Germany
  Kampen, Netherlands
  Toronto, Canadae
  Los Angeles, Unitit States
  Ushuaia, Argentinae
  Piešťany, Slovakie
  Sopron, Hungary
  Benidorm, Spain

Eilat haes streets named efter Durban, Kamen, Kampen an Los Angeles as well as a Canadae Pairk.

References


Category:Ceeties in Israel
Category:Spa touns in Israel
Category:Egyp–Israel border crossins
Category:Israel–Jordan border crossins