Red Sea State
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Red Sea State is one of the 18 wilayat of Sudan. It covers an area of about 218,887 km2 and has an estimated population of 1.48 million. The state borders Egypt to the north, River Nile State to the w
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Suakin
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Suakin or Sawakin is a port city in northeastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea. It was formerly the region's chief port, but is now secondary to Port Sudan, about 50 kilometres north.
Red Sea State
…inscriptions and archaeological sites attest to maritime and overland links spanning Pharaonic, Greco-Roman and later periods. In the medieval period, Suakin developed as the principal port linking northeastern Africa with the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Indian Ocean world. Coral-built Red Sea architecture…
Suakin, El-Geyf mosque
Building of Suakin in ruins
Suakin in 1928