Carries Containers Length 200 m Toll 101 ILS (Outbound Israel) Cross Israel | Opened 1982 Width 45 m Location Abu Ageila | |
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Crosses Border between Egypt and Israel Locale Abu Ujaylah, Egypt
Nitzana, Israel Official name Nitzana Border Crossing
מעבר ניצנה
معبر نيتسانا Maintained by Arab Republic of Egypt
Israel Airports Authority Total length 200 metres (Israeli side) Similar Netafim Border Crossing, Rosh HaNikra Crossing, Taba Border Crossing, Jordan River Crossing, Karni crossing | ||
The Nitzana Border Crossing (Arabic: معبر نيتسانا, Hebrew: מעבר ניצנה) is an international border crossing between El Ouga and Nitzana, Israel. Opened in 1982, the crossing used to handle pedestrians as well as private cars but most of the crossing was being done via the Taba Border Crossing in Eilat and the Rafah Border Crossing in Rafah that the Israelis decided to shut down the crossing to tourists. There is talk of possibly reopening the crossing to tourists now that the Rafah crossing is no longer in Israeli control.
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Today the terminal handles only commercial trade between the two nations. The terminal is open from Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 to 17:00. It is closed from Friday to Saturday as well as Jewish and Islamic holidays.
In February 2013, the crossing was named after Aryeh Eliav, who among other things founded the nearby Nitzana Youth Village.
Egyptian terminal
The Egyptian terminal is accessible via the Ismaïlia-Abu Ujaylah highway in Shamal Sina' (North Sinai).
Transportation to and from the terminal
The Israeli border terminal can be reached via the Route 211 which ends at Nitzana Border Crossing, also Highway 10 passes through the crossing. The border terminal can also be reached by Metropoline bus number 44 from Beersheba's central bus station.