Hayya, Sudan
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Hayya is a little village made of dry mud huts in the Sudan
ese wilayat or state
of the Red Sea
. Haiya sits in the point where the railways and the roads which come from Atbara and Kassala
, meet, and continue towards Suakin
and Port Sudan
. And therefore it is also a junction station on the mainline of the Sudan railway network.
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
ese wilayat or state
States of Sudan
Below is a list of the 15 states of Sudan, organized by their original provinces during the period of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Arabic language versions are, as appropriate, in parentheses. States that were not provinces before 1994 are marked with . Transliterations from Arabic to English may vary;...
of the Red Sea
Red Sea (state)
Red Sea is one of the 15 wilayat or states of Sudan . It has an area of 212,800 km² and an estimated population of 1,396,000 . Port Sudan is the capital of the state. Sudan claims, but does not control the Hala'ib Triangle, a region disputed between Sudan and Egypt...
. Haiya sits in the point where the railways and the roads which come from Atbara and Kassala
Kassala
Kassala is the capital of the state of Kassala in eastern Sudan. Its 2008 population was recorded to be 419,030. It is a market town and is famous for its fruit gardens. It was formerly a railroad hub, however, as of 2006 there was no operational railway station in Kassala and much of the track...
, meet, and continue towards Suakin
Suakin
Suakin or Sawakin is a port in north-eastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea. In 1983 it had a population of 18,030 and the 2009 estimate is 43, 337.It was formerly the region's chief port, but is now secondary to Port Sudan, about 30 miles north. The old city built of coral is in ruins...
and Port Sudan
Port Sudan
Port Sudan is the capital of Red Sea State, Sudan; it has 489,725 residents . Located on the Red Sea, it is the Republic of Sudan's main port city.-History:...
. And therefore it is also a junction station on the mainline of the Sudan railway network.