Sinkat (, Beja ) is a small town in eastern Sudan.
It is the main city of the district of the same name and, in some respects, the "capital" of the Hadendowa.
It is served by a station on the mainline of the Sudan railway network.
Sinkat has a hot arid climate (Köppen BWh) with sweltering summers and pleasantly warm winters.. Sinkat has some, though very sparse, erratic, and negligible rain in nearly every month of the year, although in July and August monsoon winds bring an average of over two months. Sinkat lies some above sea level and thus is on average cooler than the nearby port town of Suakin.