The Bab-el-Mandeb (, ) is a strait and a major global chokepoint between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean.
The Bab-el-Mandeb is a strait located between Yemen and the Horn of Africa (Djibouti and Eritrea) that serves as a critical passage connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. Because it is a major global chokepoint, controlling the flow of international maritime traffic between Europe and Asia, disruptions to shipping through this strait have significant impacts on world trade and commerce.
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The Bab-el-Mandeb (, ) is a strait and a major global chokepoint between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean.
== Etymology == In Bab-el-Mandeb, Bab means "gate" or "door" while Mandeb means "lamentation" or "grief". The strait derives its name from the dangers attending its navigation or, according to an Arab legend, from the numbers who were drowned by an earthquake that separated the Arabian Peninsula from the Horn of Africa.
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