Suakin
Suakin is a port city in Northern Sudan. Once considered the height of medieval luxury on the Red Sea, the old city built of coral is now in ruins.
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Latitude
19.1031° or 19° 6′ 11″ north
Longitude
37.3312° or 37° 19′ 52″ east
UN/LOCODE
SD SSD
Open location code
7GFV483J+6F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Suakin” goes by many names.
سواكنArabic
ՍուակինArmenian
SuakinAsturian
SuakinAzerbaijani
সাকিনBengali
SuakinCatalan
SawākinCebuano
萨瓦金Chinese
ΣουακίνGreek
સુકિનGujarati
SuakinHausa
סואכיןHebrew
सुआकींHindi
SuakinIndonesian
SuakinItalian
スアキンJapanese
スアキン島Japanese
スワーキン島Japanese
ಸುವಾಕಿನ್Kannada
Суакин қаласыKazakh
수아킨Korean
SuakinaLatvian
SuakinasLithuanian
SuakinMalay
सुकिनMarathi
SuakinNorwegian Bokmål
سواکنPersian
SawakinPolish
SuakinPolish
SuakinRomanian
СавакинеRussian
СуакинRussian
SuakinSerbo-Croatian
සුඅකින්Sinhala
SawakinSlovenian
SuakinSlovenian
SavakinTurkish
SevakinTurkish
SuakinTurkish
СуакінUkrainian
سواکنUrdu
سواکینUrdu
SuakinVietnamese
SuakinZulu
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