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Port Sudan , city (1993 pop. 308,195), NE Sudan, on the Red Sea. The country's major seaport, it handles the bulk of Sudan's foreign trade. The city is also a rail terminus that serves a rich, cotton-growing area of the Nile Valley. Port Sudan has an oil refinery and a pipeline to carry oil to Khartoum, completed in 1977. The city also has an international airport. Construction of a railroad linking the Nile and the Red Sea coast in 1905 led to the founding of Port Sudan as a harbor for the region.

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Port Sudan (Būr Sūdān), The Sudan Built in 1905–9 as a replacement for the port of Suakin, which had become choked with coral, it takes its name from that of the country.

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	SUDAN: USE OF SUDAN PORT BY ETHIOPIA.(new road to open access)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 4/9/2000
	SUDAN: PLAN TO DEVELOP PORT SUDAN PORT. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 11/8/2005
	SUDAN: PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 2004 ON PORT SUDAN REFINERY.(Port Sudan Refinery Ltd.)(Brief Article) Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 4/25/2004

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	Officials say situations in Port Sudan back to normal after bloody protest News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 1/31/2005; 440 words ; Officials say situations in Port Sudan back to normal after bloody protest...said Monday the situations in Port Sudan, where bloody strikes killed dozens...Saturday, have come back to normal. The Sudan News Agency quoted Majzoub el-Khalifa...
	Authorities launch investigation in Port Sudan shooting News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/31/2005; 440 words ; ...that killed at least 14 demonstrators in Port Sudan, a senior official said Monday. The shooting...economic power in underdeveloped northeastern Sudan, particularly the Red Sea state, which includes Port Sudan. A tribal leader said at least 25 people...
	Sudan orders temporary reduction of storage fees at Port Sudan. News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 8/26/2008; 471 words ; August 23, 2008 (KHARTOUM) a Sudan's finance ministry issued a temporary rule reducing fees for shipments received at Port-Sudan for two weeks. Port Sudan container terminal Awad Al-Jaz, minister of...
	SUDAN: USE OF SUDAN PORT BY ETHIOPIA.(new road to open access)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 4/9/2000; 485 words ; ...road has been constructed between Sudan and Ethiopia. The new highway will allow Ethiopia to use the services of Sudan Port for trading purposes. The Deputy...the city of Al-Qadriff in eastern Sudan with Port Sudan. Utilizing Port Sudan...
	The fall of coral city; Deserted: The coral buildings of the port city of Suakin in Sudan have been left to crumble. Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 3/14/2008; 700+ words ; ...Byline: Charles Legge QUESTION Port Suakin in Sudan was once a busy oil-exporting...the Chinese getting oil out of Sudan today? SUAKIN, for many centuries...senna plant are thechief exports. Port Sudan has an oil refinery to handle the...
	Curfew imposed after tribal chief stabbed to death in Port Sudan court, say officials News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/5/2003; 370 words ; ...00-0000 Dateline: KHARTOUM, Sudan A tribal chief was stabbed to death...and the imposition of a curfew on Sudan's largest port city, an Interior Ministry spokesman...the Bani Amir clan, during a Port Sudan court hearing, according to a statement...
	Beja Congress calls for ICC investigation of Port Sudan incident. News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 5/17/2009; 700+ words ; ...rebel-controlled area of eastern Sudan, near the border with Eritrea June...organization, sent a statement to Sudan Tribune urging justice for a massacre allegedly committed in Port Sudan on January 28, 2005. On that day...
	Sudan -- an aggressive expansion of oil production and the capacity of refineries, ports, and pipelines is in the cards for 2003. (Countries). Newspaper article from: Petroleum Intelligence Weekly; 1/6/2003; 700+ words ; SUDAN -- An aggressive expansion...the capacity of refineries, ports, and pipelines is in the cards...to expand the 50,000 b/d Port Sudan refinery is also under study...Construction of a new port near Port Sudan at Al-Izzah will begin in...
	Amnesty International condemns police attack on Port Sudan demonstration News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/1/2005; 533 words ; ...of the National Congress, said Port Sudan officials claimed police acted in...indiscriminate use of force in Port Sudan is in contravention of international...representing numerous tribes in northeastern Sudan, an underdeveloped region that includes...
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