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Suakin
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
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