Friendship Hall of Khartoum
The Friendship Hall of Khartoum ( English Friendship Hall ; Arabic قاعة الصداقة, DMG qāʿat aṣ-ṣadāqa ) is a conference center in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum .
The building is located on the embankment road (Shariʿ an-Nil) on the Blue Nile in the northwest of the central business district (Suq al-Arabi) west of the Tuti Bridge . It was planned by the Chinese architect Xiao Ling Guo on behalf of the Sudanese Ministry of Construction and was intended to symbolize the cooperation between China and Sudan. The opening took place in 1976.
The uninviting concrete building consists of a conference hall, several meeting rooms, a gallery for exhibitions, a theater, which is also used for cinema screenings, and a banquet hall .
The 6th meeting of the African Union took place in the Friendship Hall of Khartoum from January 16 to 24, 2006 .
Web links
- www.friendshiphall.sd ( Memento from May 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Friendship Hall. Khartoum, Sudan ArchNet
Individual evidence
- ^ 6th African Union Summit Khartoum, Sudan. January 16 - 24, 2006 ( Memento of April 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) www.africa-union.org
Coordinates: 15 ° 36 ′ 21.6 " N , 32 ° 30 ′ 39.9" E