al-Bahr al-ahmar (state)

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al-Bahr al-ahmar
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Basic data
Capital : Bur Sudan
Area : 218,887 km²
Residents : 1,396,110 (2008 census)
Population density : 6.4 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 : SD-RS

politics
Governor : Mohmed Taheir Aila

al-Bahr al-ahmar ( Arabic البحر الأحمر, DMG al-Baḥr al-aḥmar  'Red Sea') is a federal state in Sudan .

It has an area of ​​218,887 km² and around 1.4 million inhabitants. Its capital and fourth largest city in Sudan is Bur Sudan .

geography

To the east, al-Bahr al-ahmar borders the Red Sea , after which the state is named. This is followed inland by various mountain ranges from north to south ( Jibal al-Bahr al-ahmar ), between which there are dry plains. The Nubian Desert joins in the northwest .

In the north is the controversial Hala'ib triangle between Sudan and Egypt .

history

From 1919 to 1973 the area of ​​today's state of al-Bahr al-ahmar belonged to the province of Kassala . In 1973, al-Bahr al-ahmar was split off as a province within the boundaries of what is now the state of Kassala. From 1991 to 1994 the area belonged again to the newly created state of al-Sharqiyyah, which resembled the province of Kassala from 1919 to 1973. On February 14, 1994, al-Bahr al-ahmar was split off again, but this time as a federal state.

tourism

From Suakin there is a ferry connection to Jeddah . The ruins of the old town lie on a small island.

swell

  1. ↑ Sudan: Al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar on http://www.citypopulation.de , accessed on May 28, 2014
  2. ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics / Southern Sudan Center for Census Statistics and Evaluation: 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census - 2008 ( Memento from May 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 425 kB), Table: T02
  3. ↑ www.statoids.com: Historical overview of the Sudanese states


Coordinates: 19 ° 35 '  N , 35 ° 37'  E