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Port Sudan
Red Sea, Sudan · Africa
About Port Sudan
Port Sudan sits on the route: 1 hours from Suakin.
Port Sudan is in Red Sea, Sudan, with about 490,000 people. The nearest town is Suakin, about 58 km away.
Port Sudan (Arabic: بور سودان, romanized: Būr Sūdān, Beja: Bar'uut) is a major port city on the Red Sea in eastern Sudan, and the capital of Red Sea State. Port Sudan is Sudan's main seaport and the source of 90% of the country's international trade. The population of Port Sudan was estimated in the 2008 Census ofRead more
Sudan to be 394,561 people.
Port Sudan has historically been a centre for commercial activity, particularly in the shipping industry.
From April 2023 to January 2026, the Sudanese government largely operated from Port Sudan as a result of intense fighting in the capital city Khartoum in the ongoing civil war, leading to it being described as a de facto capital of the country. Port Sudan also emerged as a refuge for internally displaced persons in Sudan.
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Port Sudan is in Red Sea, Sudan, about 58 km from Suakin.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 489,725
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Sudan
- Region
- Red Sea
- Timezone
- Africa/Khartoum
- Coordinates
- 19.6175, 37.2164
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