Description: Inflation and food prices soar in Port Sudan, Sudan: Red Sea state's commercial ports hit by setbacks, Port Sudan residents hope for quick end to generals' battle, Tens of thousands scramble to flee fighting in Sudan, by land and by sea | DW News
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Port Sudan ( Arabic : بور سودان Bōr Sūdān / Pōr Sūdān ) is a port city in eastern Sudan , and the capital of the state of Red Sea . As of 2007 , it has 489,725 residents. Located on the Red Sea , it is the Republic of Sudan's main port city.
The city is home to the Red Sea University , established in 1994.
Port Sudan has an hot desert climate ( Köppen : BWh) with extremely hot summers and moderately hot winters, requiring the acquisition of fresh water from Wadi Arba'at in the Red Sea Hills and from salt-evaporating pans. Temperatures can easily exceed 30 °C (86 °F) in winter and 45C in summer. Over 90% of the annual rainfall falls between October and January, mostly in November, with the wettest month on record being November 1947 with 182 millimetres (7.2 in) , whilst the wettest year was from July 19