Editing Red Sea (section)

== Bordering countries ==
[[File:Red Sea map.svg|thumb|A four color map of the Red Sea and its bordering countries]]

The Red Sea may be geographically divided into three sections: the Red Sea proper, and in the north, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez. The six countries bordering the Red Sea proper are:
* Eastern shore:
** [[Saudi Arabia]]
** [[Yemen]]
* Western shore:
** [[Egypt]]
** [[Sudan]]
** [[Eritrea]]
** [[Djibouti]]

The Gulf of Suez is entirely bordered by Egypt. The Gulf of Aqaba borders Egypt, [[Israel]], [[Jordan]] and Saudi Arabia.

In addition to the standard geographical definition of the six countries bordering the Red Sea cited above, areas such as [[Somalia]] are sometimes also described as Red Sea territories. This is primarily due to their proximity to and geological similarities with the nations facing the Red Sea and/or political ties with them.<ref name="Barth">{{Cite book |last=Barth |first=Hans-Jörg |title=Sabkha ecosystems, Volume 2 |publisher=Springer |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-4020-0504-6 |page=148}}</ref><ref name="Makinda">{{Cite book |last=Makinda |first=Samuel M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5cYOAAAAQAAJ |title=Superpower diplomacy in the Horn of Africa |publisher=Routledge |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-7099-4662-5 |page=37}}</ref>