Khartoum North, or Khartoum Bahri or simply Bahri (), is a city in

Khartoum State Khartoum State () is one of the eighteen states of Sudan. Although it is the smallest state by area (22,142 km2), it is the most populous state in Sudan—5,274,321 in the 2008 census, and officially estimated at 7,993,900 in 2018. It contai ...

, lying to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of

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. It has a population of 1,012,211 people, making it the third-largest city proper in Sudan, behind the neighbouring cities of

Omdurman Omdurman () is a major city in Sudan. It is the second most populous city in the country, located in the State of Khartoum. Omdurman lies on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite and northwest of the capital city of Khartoum. The city acts ...

and Khartoum.

Geography

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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. Until 2023, the Shambat Bridge connected it with

to its west. Another major bridge links it with

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum is the capital city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile – flo ...

to the south. It was part of a three-city agglomeration (with

proper and

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

Demographics

History

The original settlement was the largest in the area of the Nile confluence before the Egyptians established

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

, and the

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

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, 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 central railroad station and yard. On August 20, 1998, the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory was destroyed by a

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after the United States accused the factory of making

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for

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. The city was captured by the

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in 2023 during the opening stages of the

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before being retaken by the

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in February 2025 as part of the 2024–2025 Bahri offensive.

Economy

The area is the industrial centre of the region and the country. It 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. After 2000,

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plants supplying household products to the rest of the country were built there. A wealthy

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emerged towards the eastern part of the neighbourhood, along the

Neighbourhoods

Khartoum North has many neighbourhoods, including: * Alamlaak * Kober *

Kafouri Kafouri () is a prestigious neighbourhood located in Khartoum North, Khartoum State, Sudan. It is situated to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of Sudan. Kafouri was once a large farming area owned by a Lebanese trader named Aziz Kafouri, ...

* Bahri Industrial Area * Al Haj Yousif * Al Sababi * Al Dnagla North * Al Dnagla South * Hilat Hamad * Hilat Khojali * Hilat Koko * Alshabia North * Alshabia South * Almazad * Almugtaribin * Almerghania * Alsafia * Shambat * Khoglab * Alqadisia * Al-Durushab

Infrastructure

Bridges

The following bridges cross the

and connect Khartoum North to Khartoum: *

Mac Nimir Bridge The El Mek Nimr Bridge is a bridge that links the downtown area of Khartoum, Sudan, with the adjacent city of Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river. It opened in 2007, and was named after Mek Nimr, a leader of the Ja'alin The Ja'alin, Ja'al ...

* Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge *

Cooper Bridge Kober Bridge (, Kubri Kūbir) is a bridge for road traffic that links the neighbourhood of al-Riadh in Khartoum with Kafouri in the industrial city Khartoum North across the Blue Nile in central Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the S ...

* Al Mansheiya Bridge * Shambat Bridge crosses the

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and connects the neighborhood to

, it was destroyed in 2023.

Education

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

References

Populated places in Khartoum State Populated places on the Nile {{Sudan-geo-stub