Sennar ( ar, سنار ') is a city on the
Blue Nile
The Blue Nile (; ) is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It travels for approximately through Ethiopia and Sudan. Along with the White Nile, it is one of the two major tributaries of the Nile and supplies about 85.6% of the water ...
in
Sudan and possibly the capital of the state of
Sennar. It remains publicly unclear whether Sennar or
Singa is the capital of
Sennar State. For several centuries it was the capital of the
Funj
The Funj Sultanate, also known as Funjistan, Sultanate of Sennar (after its capital Sennar) or Blue Sultanate due to the traditional Sudanese convention of referring to black people as blue () was a monarchy in what is now Sudan, northwestern ...
Kingdom of Sennar
The Funj Sultanate, also known as Funjistan, Sultanate of Sennar (after its capital Sennar) or Blue Sultanate due to the traditional Sudanese convention of referring to black people as blue () was a monarchy in what is now Sudan, northwestern ...
.
Overview
Sennar had an estimated population of 100,000 inhabitants in the early 19th century. The modern town lies SSE of the ruins of the ancient capital of the Funj Kingdom, southeast of
Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...
, the Capital of
Sudan.
The city is home to
Sinnar University, established in 1977.
Climate
Despite receiving over of rainfall per year, the extreme heat and high evaporation means Sennar still has a borderline
hot arid climate (
Köppen ''BWh'') a little below a
hot semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-a ...
(''BSh'').
Demographics
Notable people
*
Nasra bint ʿAdlan, Sudanese royalty
See also
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Railway stations in Sudan
References
External links
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Populated places in Sennar (state)
State capitals in Sudan