Red Sea (state)

Red Sea (state)

Red Sea ( _ar. البحر الأحمر; transliterated: al-Bahr al-Ahmar) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 218,887 km² and an estimated population of approximately 700,000 (2000). Port Sudan is the capital of the state.


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