The Republic of the Sudan is the third-largest country in Africa but its coastline is limited to about 850 km (530 mi) on the west shore of the Red Sea between Egypt and Eritrea. British forces conquered Sudan in the 1890s and in 1899 the country was placed nominally under joint British and Egyptian rule. In fact Sudan was administered as a British colony until it was granted independence in 1956. Sudan is divided into 18 states but the coastline is entirely in the Red Sea state. The principal Sudanese port is Bur Sudan (Port Sudan), founded by the British colonial government in 1905 to replace the historic port of Suakin. Although violence has marred the southern and western parts of the country for many years, the coastline has been relatively peaceful and is open to tourism. Coral reefs off the Sudanese coast in the Red Sea attract scuba divers from around the world. The Arabic word for a lighthouse is mnarh or manara (منارة). Ra's is a cape, jaza'ir or jazirat is an island, shi'b is a reef, khalij is a bay, nahr is a river, and mina' is a harbor. In Sudanese Arabic bur (بور) is a port. Aids to navigation in Sudan are maintained by the Sudan Sea Ports Corporation. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Lights on this page were formerly included in volume E of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals but in 2013 they were moved to volume D with new numbers. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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![]() Bur Sudan Harbor Range Front Light, Bur Sudan, March 2011 Google Maps photo by Bashir Muhammed |
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![]() Inner Range Rear Light, Bur Sudan, June 2021 Google Maps photo by Mahmoud Yassin |
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![]() Masamirit Light, Red Sea, June 2015 donquesto.com photo copyright Stefano Colombari |
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Adjoining pages: North: Egypt Red Sea | South: Eritrea
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Posted July 6, 2005. Checked and revised December 22, 2024. Lighthouses: 13. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.