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See also:PORT See also:SUDAN , a See also:town and See also:harbour on the See also:west See also:coast of the Red See also:Sea, in 190 37' N. 370 12' E., 700 in. by See also:boat S. of See also:Suez and 495 M. by See also:rail N.E. of See also:Khartum. Pop. (1906), 4289. It is the See also:principal port of the Anglo-See also:Egyptian Sudan and the headquarters of the customs See also:administration. The See also:coral reefs fringing the coast are here broken by a straight channel with deep See also:water giving See also:access to the harbour, which consists of a See also:series of natural channels and basins. The largest See also:basin is 900 yds. See also:long by 500 broad and has a minimum See also:depth of 6 fathoms. On the See also:north See also:side of the inlet are quays (completed 1909), fitted with electric See also:cranes, &c. Here are the customs-See also:house, See also:coal sheds and goods station. The town proper lies on the See also:south side of the inlet, connected with the quays by a railway See also:bridge. Besides See also:government offices the public buildings include hospitals, and a See also:branch of the See also:Gordon See also:College of Khartum. Beyond the bridge in the upper See also:waters of the inlet is a dry See also:dock. The See also:climate of Port Sudan is very hot and See also:damp and See also:fever is See also:common. Adjacent to the town is an arid See also:plain without vegetation other than See also:mimosa thorns. Some 10 m. west is a See also:line of hills parallel to the coast. The port See also:dates from 1905. It owes its existence to the See also:desire of the Sudan administration to find a harbour more suitable than See also:Suakin (q.v.) for the See also:commerce of the See also:country. Such a See also:place ' was found in Mersa See also:Sheikh Barghut (or Barud), 36 m. north of Suakin, a harbour so named from a See also:saint whose See also:tomb is prominent on the See also:northern point of the entrance. When the See also:building of the railway between the See also:Nile and the Red Sea was begun, it was determined to create a port at this harbour—which was renamed Port Sudan (Bander es-Sudan). Up to the end of 19o9 the See also:total See also:expenditure by the government alone on the town and harbour-See also:works was £E914,320. The railway (which has termini both at Port Sudan and Suakin) was opened in See also:January 1906 and the customs-house in the May following. Port Sudan immediately attracted a large See also:trade, the value of goods passing through it in 1906 exceeding 470,000. In 1908 the imports and exports were valued at about 750,000. It is a See also:regular port of See also:call of See also:British, See also:German and See also:Italian steamers. The imports are largely See also:cotton goods, provisions, See also:timber and See also:cement; the exports See also:gum, raw cotton, See also:ivory, See also:sesame, See also:durra, See also:senna, See also:coffee (from See also:Abyssinia), See also:goat skins, &c. See also:Forty See also:miles north of Port Sudan is Mahommed Gul, the port for the mines of Gebet, worked by an See also:English See also:company. The See also:Foreign See also:Office See also:Report, Trade of Port Sudan for the See also:Year 1996, by T. B. Hohler, gives a valuable See also:account of the beginnings of the port. A See also:chart of the harbour was issued by the British See also:Admiralty in 1908. See also SUDAN: § Anglo-Egyptian. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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