Eilat (Hebrew: אֵילַת) is Israel's southernmost city an a busy port as well as popular tourist resort, located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Eilat arm of the Indian Ocean. Home to 55,000 people, the city is part of the Southern Negev Desert, at the south end of the Arava, and straddles the southern end of the geographic line demarcating Africa from Asia. The city is adjacent to the Egyptian village of Taba, to the south, and the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, to the east.