See soorce fer Taba

== History ==
Taba wis locatit on the Egyptian side o the [[1949 Airmistice Agreements#Wi Egyp|airmistice line]] agreed tae in 1949.  Durin the [[Suez Crisis]] in 1956 it wis briefly occupee'd but returned tae Egyp whan Israel athdrew in 1957.<!--- NOTE: this is 1957, after the Suez War. Don't change it back to 1975 again!-->  Israel reoccupee'd the [[Sinai Peninsula]] efter the [[Sax-Day War]] in 1967, an subsequently a 400-room hotel wis biggit in Taba. Follaein the 1973 [[Yom-Kippur War]], whan Egyp an Israel wur negotiatin the exact poseetion o the border in preparation for the [[Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty|1979 peace treaty]], Israel claimed that Taba haed been on the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] side o a border agreed atween the Ottomans an Breetish Egyp in 1906 an haed, therefore, been in error in its twa previous agreements.  Awtho maist o Sinai wis returned tae Egyp in 1982, Taba wis the last portion tae be returned.  Efter a lang dispute, the issue wis submittit tae an internaitional commission componed o ane Israeli, ane Egyptian, an three ootsiders.  In 1988, the commission ruled in Egyp's favor, an Israel returned Taba tae Egyp in 1989.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEED9123FF934A15751C0A96F948260&sec=&spon= Signing of Agreement With Israel Turns Over Last of Sinai to Egypt, February 27, 1989]</ref>

As pairt o this subsequent agreement, travellers are permitted tae cross frae Israel at the Eilat – Taba border crossing, an veesit the "Aqaba Coast Area of Sinai", (stretching frae Taba doun tae [[Sharm el Sheikh]], an includin [[Nuweiba]], [[Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai|St Catherine]] an [[Dahab]]), visa-free for up tae 14 days, makin Taba a popular tourist destination. The resort community o Taba Heights is locatit some 20km (12&nbsp;mi) sooth o Taba. It features several lairge hotels, includin The Hyatt Regency, Marriott, Sofitel an Intercontinental. It is an aa a significant diving aurie whaur mony fowk come tae either [[free dive]], [[scuba dive]] or learn tae dive via the mony [[PADI]] courses on offer. Ither recreation facilities include a new desert style golf course.

On October 7, 2004, the [[Hilton Taba]] wis [[2004 Sinai bombins|hit bi a bomb]] that killed 34 fowk <ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3728436.stm]</ref>, includin Israeli vacationers. Twinty-fower days later, an inquiry bi the Egyptian Interior Meenistry intae the bombins concludit that the perpetrators received nae external help but wur aidit bi Bedouins on the peninsula.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6676122&section=news |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-05-13 |archive-date=2004-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041113013358/http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6676122&section=news |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="BBC" />