Port Sudan (Arabic: بورتسودان) is the capital of Red Sea State, Sudan; it has 489,725 residents (2007). Located on the Red Sea, it is the Republic of Sudan's main port city.
Port Sudan is known among tourists for its excellent scuba-diving and beaches. Tourists, as well as far larger numbers of Muslim pilgrims en route to undertake their once-in-a-lifetime Hajj to Mecca, use Port Sudan as a departure point to cross the Red Sea to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
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