Visit the strange 'ghost' island in East Africa

Once a busy port, an important cultural and commercial center of the East African Sea for centuries, the Sudanese island town of Suakin has now become a wasteland, with nothing but buildings. dilapidated.

Suakin town is located on a flat oval island, at the end of a creek flowing from the Red Sea.

When Port Sudan seaport was built in northern Sudan in the early 20th century, the importance of Suakin town no longer exists.Gradually, the residents living here left the bustling town to become a "ghost" town every day.

Due to unprecedented archaeological research, the history of Suakin town remains a mystery.

According to experts, it is very likely that the town of Suakin is the port of Limen Evangelis from Roman times, and Ptolemy geographer described it on a circular island at the end of a long creek.

In the 10th century, the name Suakin was first mentioned by geographer Al-Hamdani, who wrote that it was an old town.At that time, Suakin was a competitor of the port of Aydhab in the Red Sea, located near Egypt.

Some conflicts have occurred because the Egyptians tried to control the Suakin port from the Beja local tribe.Until the end of the 15th century, the confrontation between the two ports ended with the defeat of Aydhab.

Since then, Suakin has become the most important port in the Red Sea.By 1922, Suakin's importance was no longer available when Port Sudan began operations.

By the end of the 1930s, very few people lived here, Suakin was completely abandoned.Today, only this dilapidated island remains.

However, some areas of the town as well as the north of the island are now restored and newly built.

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