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Suakin
Suakin
by Bertramz, GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
by Bertramz, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
by Bertramz, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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.
Site Information
Country: Sudan
District: Red Sea State
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: 3rd Century BC
Oldest Culture: Ptolemaic
Later Cultures: Roman + Byzantine+ Islamic
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Official Name: Suakin
Date of Submission: 1994
Exact Location
Elevation: 7 m
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