Khartoum North or Khartoum Bahri ( ar, الخرطوم بحري, al-Kharṭūm Baḥrī) is a city in

Khartoum State Khartoum State ( ar, ولاية الخرطوم, Wilāyat al-Kharṭūm) is one of the eighteen states of Sudan. Although it is the smallest state by area (22,142 km2), it is the most populous (5,274,321 in 2008 census). It contains the cou ...

, lying to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of Sudan. It is located on the north bank of the

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and the east bank of the River Nile, near the confluence of the Blue Nile with the

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, and bridges connect it with both

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 ...

to its south and

Omdurman Omdurman (standard ar, أم درمان ''Umm Durmān'') is a city in Sudan. It is the most populated city in the country, and thus also in the State of Khartoum. Omdurman lies on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite and northwest of th ...

to its west. It had a population of 1,012,211 at the last Sudanese

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in 2008. It is part of a three-city agglomeration (with

proper and

) with a combined population of 4,272,728 in 2008.

Demographics

History

The original settlement at Khartoum North, Halfaya, was long the largest settlement in the area of the Nile confluence before the Egyptians established

as their military garrison and administrative center in the 1820s." It was thereafter eclipsed by the Egyptian Khartoum, its Mahdist replacement

, and the

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refounding of Khartoum following their reconquest of the country in 1898. Khartoum North began to grow again, however, as the southern terminus of the

Sudan Military Railroad The Sudan Military Railway was a military railway constructed from Wadi Halfa to Abu Hamed during 1896–97 by ''Sirdar'' Horatio Kitchener in order to supply the Anglo-Egyptian army prosecuting the Mahdist War. It was the predecessor line for t ...

, which was completed in 1899. (The Blue Nile was bridged in 1910 and the line extended to

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, but Khartoum North continued to serve as the main railroad station and yard.) On August 20, 1998 the

Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory The Al-Shifa (الشفاء, Arabic for "healing") pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum North, Sudan, was constructed between 1992 and 1996 with components imported from Germany, India, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the United States. ...

was destroyed by a

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because the United States accused the factory of making

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for

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Economy and industry

The industrial centre of the region and the country, the neighborhood contains dockyards, marine and rail workshops, and sawmills. Khartoum North trades in cotton, grains, fruit, and livestock; industries include tanning, brewing, brickmaking, textile weaving, and food processing. Since the year 2000,

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plants supplying household products to the rest of the country have been built in the neighborhood . A wealthy suburb is growing towards the eastern part of the neighborhood, along the

Neighbourhoods

Khartoum North has many neighborhoods, some of which are: * Alamlaak * Kober * Kafouri *

Bahri Industrial Area Bahri ( ar, بحري) is a masculine Arabic given name, Bahri is also a surname in Punjabi Khatri families of India. Given name * Huseyin Bahri Alptekin (1957-2007), Turkish artist * Bahri Tanrıkulu (born 1980), Turkish taekwondo athlete Surnam ...

* Al Haj Yousif *

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Al Dnagla North AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media * Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera * Al (''Fullmetal ...

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* Hilat Hamad * Hilat Khojali * Hilat Koko * Alshabia North * Alshabia South * Almazad * Almugtaribin * Almerghania * Alsafia * Shambat * Khoglab * Alqadisia * السامراب * الدروشاب * حطاب * دردوق * الحلفايه * العزبه * الكدرو * ابو حليمه * الجيلي * نبته * الفكي هاشم

Infrastructure

Bridges

The following bridges cross the

and connect Khartoum North to Khartoum: *

Mac Nimir Bridge Opened in 2007, the El Mek Nimr Bridge links the downtown area of Khartoum, Sudan with the adjacent city of Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river. It is named after Mek Nimr El Mek Nimr, also known as Nimr Muhammad, (c. 1785 to 1846) was t ...

* Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge * Cooper Bridge *

Al Mansheiya Bridge Al Mansheiya Bridge is a bridge that links the capital Khartoum and the industrial city Khartoum North across the Blue Nile in central Sudan. Bridges in Sudan Buildings and structures in Khartoum Khartoum North {{Sudan-struct-stub ...

Shambat Bridge Shambat may refer to: *Shambat (city) Shambat is a city in Sudan and is located in the state of Khartoum. The University of Khartoum The University of Khartoum (U of K) ( ar, جامعة الخرطوم) is a public university located in Kharto ...

crosses the

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and connects the neighborhood to

Education

Mashreq University Mashreq University is a private university located in Khartoum North in Sudan. Started in 2003 as Al-Mashreq College for Science and Technology, it was granted full university status in 2010 by the Sudanese Ministry of Higher Education and Scient ...

* University of Bahri * Alzaiem Alazhari University * Al-Salama Collage of Science and Technology Alsafia_Cinema

References

Populated places in Khartoum (state) Populated places on the Nile {{Sudan-geo-stub