al-Chartum Bahri

الخرطوم بحري al-Chartum Bahri Al-Chartum Bahri
Coordinates	15 ° 38 ′  N , 32 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 15 ° 38 ′  N , 32 ° 31 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Sudan
State	al-Chartum
District	al-Chartum
Residents	904.170 (2010)
Metropolitan area	8,363,915 (2007)
Heavy industry near the former Asch-Schifa pharmaceutical factory in the northeast of the city

Satellite image of the three cities with Khartoum in the south, Omdurman in the west and al-Chartum Bahri in the north. At the confluence of the White Nile (left) and Blue Nile (right) the Tuti Island (middle).

Al-Chartum Bahri ( Arabic الخرطوم بحري al-Chartūm Bahrī , DMG al-Charṭūm Baḥrī  'Khartoum North'; Alternatively, letters Khartoum Bahri or short- Bahri ) is a town in Sudan and forms with the cities of Khartoum and Omdurman a three-city at the confluence of the White Nile and Blue Nile .

Cityscape

The city is roughly divided by the north-south railway line. The only train station in the three cities is located on it. To the west of the railway line, near the bank along the Blue Nile, there is a business district that merges further north into a mixed residential area. On the river bank opposite Tuti Island in the southwest, a strip of agricultural land stretches along to the bridge to Omdurman. To the south is in the Hilat Khogali district of Maghabat Khogali, the largest cemetery in the city with a saint grave of the sheikh of the same name . Khogali bin Abdar-Rahman († 1743) lived on Tuti Island and preached the Sufi teachings of the Shādhilīya order.

A large industrial area with heavy industry extends around the al-Shifa (Ash-Shifa) area to the east of the railroad track. To the north, al-Chartum Bahri extends for kilometers in informal residential areas . The city has no sights.

population

Al-Chartum Bahri has 904,170 inhabitants (2010 calculation) and thus a smaller number of inhabitants than the other two cities.

Population development:

year	Residents
1956 (n / a)	39,100
1973 (census)	150,989
1983 (census)	341.155
1993 (census)	700,887
2010 (calculation)	904.170

history

On August 20, 1998 by the Clinton - Government of the United States bombing of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory causes in the administration area of the city of al-Khartoum Bahri because it was suspected there would be produced for chemical weapons components.

Infrastructure

• Bridges: Al-Mak-Nimr Bridge , An-Nil-al-Azraq Bridge , Kubir Bridge , Shambat Bridge

Web links

Commons : Bahri  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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