al-Junaina
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Arabic الجنينة al-Junaina |
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 27 ' N , 22 ° 26' E | ||
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| Country | Sudan | ||
| Gharb Darfur | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | SD-DW | ||
| Residents | 169,259 (calculation 2010) | ||
 City center (2004)
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Al-Junaina or El Geneina ( Arabic الجنينة al-Junaynah , also Ajjinena, Al Genain or Geneina ) is the capital of the Sudanese state of Gharb Darfur (West Darfur).
location
Al-Junaina is about 800 meters high in the west of the Marra Plateau near the road that leads through al-Fashir (about 350 km), about 1200 km from Khartoum and about 27 km from the border with Chad . Another trunk road leads southeast to Nyala .
population
Al-Junaina has 169,259 inhabitants (2010 calculation).
Population development:
| year | Residents |
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| 1973 (census) | 35,424 |
| 1983 (census) | 55.996 |
| 1993 (census) | 92,831 |
| 2010 (calculation) | 169.259 |
history
On January 4, 1910, a squad of 112 French soldiers who pursued plundering members of the Masalit as part of the colonization of the Wadai were ambushed in the nearby Wadi Kajja and were massacred (also: "Battle of Kirnding"). The men of the Sultan of Masalit Taj al-Din fell into the hands of 180 rifles and 20,000 rounds of ammunition.
Due to the ongoing conflict in Darfur, there are various refugee camps around the city, which are supplied by various aid organizations , mostly financed by the WFP .
Infrastructure
The streets in and around the city are not paved. The runway (international identifier: EGN) has a length of 1600 m.
Web links
- A survey of internally displaced persons in El Geneina, western Darfur. Medecins Sans Frontieres, July 2004 (PDF; 479 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Erwin Herbert: Risings and Rebellions. 1919-1939. Interwar Colonial Campaigns in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Political Background and Campaign Narratives, Organization, Tactics and Terrain, Dress and Weapons, Command and Control, and historical Effects. Foundry Books, Nottingham 2007, ISBN 978-1-901543-12-4 , pp. 169-174.
