Suakin
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Suakin or Sawakin (, Beja: Oosook) 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 north.
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Place details
- Locality
- بورتسودان
- Region
- البحر الأحمر
- Country
- السودان
- Population
- 42,456
- Timezone
- Africa/Khartoum
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Suakin
- Settlement.native_name
- Oosook
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Suakin,el-Geyf mosque.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Suakin, El-Geyf mosque
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sudan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Sudan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Red Sea State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Port Sudan
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009 est.
- Settlement.population_total
- 43337
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- سواكن
- Country
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
- Population
- 43337
- Capital of
- Habesh eyalet
- Image
- Suakin,el-Geyf mosque.jpg
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- Commons category
- Suakin
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- P12749
- Krasnodar Krai
- P8168
- Padma Shri
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Ancient
- Medieval
- Ottoman
- British rule
- 21st century
- Buildings of Suakin
- Climate
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Suakin or Sawakin (, Beja: Oosook) 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 north.
Suakin used to be considered the height of medieval luxury on the Red Sea, but the old city built of coral is now in ruins. In 1983, the adjacent historic mainland town, known as the Geyf, had a population of 18,030 and the 2009 population was estimated at 43,337. Ferries run daily from Suakin to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suakin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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