ʿAydhab
ʿAydhab was an important medieval port on the west coast of the Red Sea. The abandoned site of the town is located in the Halaib Triangle, a territory disputed between Egypt and the Sudan.- Type: Ruin
- Description: medieval port on the west coast of the Red Sea
- Also known as: “‘Aydhab”, “‘Aydhāb”, “`Aydhab”, “Sawākin al Qadīm”, and “Suakin el Qadim”
ʿAydhab
- Categories: human settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Red Sea, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
22.33333° or 22° 20′ north
Longitude
36.48333° or 36° 29′ east
Open location code
7GJR8FMM+88
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“ʿAydhab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عيذاب”
- Catalan: “Aydhab”
- Dutch: “‘Aydhab”
- French: “‘Aydhab”
- French: “Aydhab”
- German: “Aidhab”
- Greek: “Αϊντάμπ”
- Italian: “‘Aydhab”
- Italian: “ʿAydhāb”
- Japanese: “アイザーブ”
- Persian: “عیذاب”
- Portuguese: “Aidabe”
- Russian: “Айзаб”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ajdab”
- South Azerbaijani: “عیذاب”
- Spanish: “Aidhab”
- Swedish: “‘Aydhab”
- Urdu: “عيداب”
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Places to explore: Wadi Todhi and Wadi Laseiti.
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