Red Sea

Red Sea State is one of the 18 states of Sudan. It has an area of 212,800 km2 and an estimated population of 1,482,053 in 2018. is the capital of the state.
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  • Type: state of Sudan with 1,480,000 residents
  • Description: state in Sudan
  • Also known as: Al Bahar al Ahmar”, “Al Baḩr al Aḩmar”, “Red Sea State”, “Red Sea State, Sudan”, “Red Sea, Sudan”, and “Wilāyat al Baḩr al Aḩmar

Red Sea

Latitude
19.9667° or 19° 58′ north
Longitude
35.6667° or 35° 40′ east
Population
1,480,000
Elevation
578 metres (1,896 feet)
Open location code
7GFQXM88+MM
Geo­Names ID
408646
Wiki­data ID
Q310120
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Red Sea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: البحر الأحمر
  • Arabic: البحر الاحمر
  • Arabic: شرق السودان
  • Arabic: ولاية البحر الأحمر
  • Arabic: ولاية البحر الاحمر
  • Belarusian: Чырвонае Мора
  • Bengali: লোহিত সাগর
  • Bulgarian: Червено море
  • Catalan: estat de la Mar Roja
  • Catalan: Estat de la Mar Roja
  • Cebuano: Red Sea (estado)
  • Cebuano: Red Sea
  • Chinese: 紅海州
  • Chinese: 紅海省
  • Chinese: 红海州
  • Chinese: 红海省
  • Croatian: Crveno More
  • Czech: Rudé moře
  • Danish: Røde Hav
  • Dutch: Al Bahr al Ahmar
  • Dutch: Al-Bahr al-Ahmar
  • Dutch: Al-Bahr-al-Ahmar
  • Dutch: Rode Zee
  • Egyptian Arabic: ولاية البحر الاحمر
  • Esperanto: Al Bahr al Ahmar
  • Esperanto: Ruĝa Maro
  • Esperanto: SD-26
  • Esperanto: SD-RS
  • Estonian: Al-Baḩr al-Aḩmari provints
  • Finnish: Al-Bahr al-Ahmar
  • French: Al Bahr al Ahmar
  • French: État de la Mer-Rouge
  • French: Mer Rouge
  • Georgian: წითელი ზღვის შტატი
  • German: Al Bahr al Ahmar
  • German: Al-Bahr al-ahmar
  • German: Rotes Meer
  • German: SD-26
  • German: SD-RS
  • Greek: Ερυθρά Θάλασσα
  • Gujarati: રેડ સી
  • Hebrew: אל-בחר אל-אחמר
  • Hebrew: אלבחר אלאחמר
  • Hindi: लाल सागर
  • Indonesian: Laut Merah
  • Italian: Mar Rosso
  • Japanese: 紅海州
  • Kannada: ಕೆಂಪು ಸಮುದ್ರ
  • Korean: 홍해주
  • Latvian: Sarkanā jūra
  • Lithuanian: Raudonosios Jūros vilajetas
  • Malay: Laut Merah
  • Malay: Negeri Laut Merah
  • Marathi: रेड सी
  • Northern Frisian: Ruad Sia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rød sjøen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rødehavet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudehavet
  • Persian: البحر الاحمر
  • Persian: دریای سرخ (استان سودان)
  • Persian: دریای سرخ
  • Polish: Al-Bahr al-Ahmar
  • Polish: Prowincja Morza Czerwonego
  • Portuguese: Al-bahr al-ahmar
  • Portuguese: Mar Vermelho
  • Portuguese: Red Sea
  • Romanian: Statul Marea Roşie
  • Romanian: Statul Marea Roșie
  • Russian: Красное Море
  • Russian: провинция Красное Море
  • Scots: Reid Sea
  • Serbian: Црвено море
  • Serbo-Croatian: Crveno more (vilajet)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Crveno more
  • Sinhala: රතු මුහුද
  • Sinhala: රතු මුහුදු ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovenian: Rdeče morje
  • South Azerbaijani: قیزیل دنیز ایالتی
  • Spanish: Estado del Mar Rojo
  • Spanish: Mar Rojo
  • Swahili: Bahari ya Shamu, Sudan
  • Swahili: Bahari ya Shamu
  • Swahili: Red Sea
  • Swedish: Al Bahr al Ahmar
  • Swedish: Al-Bahr al-Ahmar
  • Tamil: ரெட் ஸீ
  • Tatar: Кызыл Диңгез
  • Telugu: ఎర్ర సముద్రం
  • Thai: รัฐอัลบะห์รุลอะห์มัร
  • Turkish: Kızıl Deniz Eyaleti
  • Turkish: Kızıldeniz
  • Ukrainian: Червоне море
  • Ukrainian: Червоне Море
  • Urdu: بحیرہ احمر (اسٹیٹ)
  • Urdu: بحیرہ احمر (ریاست)
  • Urdu: بحیرہ احمر
  • Vietnamese: Biển Đỏ
  • Waray (Philippines): Pula nga Dagat
  • Waray (Philippines): Red Sea
  • Western Armenian: Կարմիր Ծով
  • Western Panjabi: بحیرہ احمر
  • Western Panjabi: رتا سمندر
  • Zulu: Red Sea (isifundazwe)
  • Zulu: Red Sea

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