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Suakin
Suakin or Sawakin is a port city in north-eastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea. It was likely Ptolemy's Port of Good Hope which is similarly described as lying on a circular island at the end of a long inlet.
The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Suakin.by Bertramz, GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commonsby Bertramz, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commonsby Bertramz, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 7 m
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UNESCO Tentative List
Date of Submission
1994
3rd Century BC
Ptolemaic
Roman + Byzantine+ Islamic
Mixed Monuments
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