 Local tribes in Halayib and Shalateen area have had little exposure to modernization under Sudanese administration and under Egyptian administration up to 1992.But after 1992, the Egyptian government started to implement a development plan when it started to build some settlements, including 500 new houses built in Shalateen and 250 in Aboramad and Halayib, depending on Shalateen local council sources.Roads were also established, including a 250-kilometer road between Shalateen and Marsa Alam city in north, and three new electricity generators have begun operation since 1993.