Wad Madani

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Arabic ود مدني
Wad Madani
Wad Madani (Sudan)
Red pog.svg
Coordinates 14 ° 24 '  N , 33 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 14 ° 24 '  N , 33 ° 31'  E
Basic data
Country Sudan

State

Al-Jazeera
ISO 3166-2 SD-GZ
Residents 368,021 (calculation 2009)
Wad Madani in the state of al-Jazira
River bank in the city center in the area of ​​some garden restaurants. The excursion boats take local tourists to the sandbank on the other side

Wad Madani ( Arabic ود مدني Wad Madanī ; Alternative spelling Wad Medani ) is the capital of the Sudanese state of al-Jazira and is located in the center of a large cotton-growing area.

location

The city is located in the east of Sudan, around 150 km southeast of Khartoum on the road to Kassala , on the left bank of the Blue Nile , within the Jazira plain at an altitude of 409 meters above sea level.

population

For Wad Madani there are 368,021 inhabitants (calculation 2009).

Population development:

year Residents
1956 (n / a) 52,400
1973 (census) 106,715
1983 (census) 141.065
1993 (census) 211,362
2009 (calculation) 368.021

history

The city became a Turkish-Egyptian outpost in 1821 , from which the Sultanate of Sannar was conquered. In 1911 the first attempts to cultivate cotton began in the vicinity, and two years later it was decided to build the Sannar Dam . With that, the city was selected by the British in 1925 as the center of the ambitious Jazirah irrigation project, which in the following years led to rapid growth and the most modernized area in the country.

economy

The Wad Madani market is a trading center for cotton, which is also used as a filling material for mattresses

The economy is still characterized by the irrigated fields in the flat Jazira plain. The city is located in a cotton-growing area and is a transshipment point for wheat , cotton and farm animals . As an excursion destination especially for honeymooners from Khartoum, Wad Madani has a corresponding hotel offer. The relative prosperity in the city can be seen in the houses in the central market area on the riverside. The range of fruit and vegetables on the market is above average.

The airport has the international identification DNI and a flight path length of 1097 meters.

education

In 1977 the University of Al-Jazeera was opened in the north of the city.

sons and daughters of the town

The city is the birthplace of the singer, band leader and oud player Abdel Aziz El Mubarak (1951–2020).

Climate table

Wad Medani
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Wad Medani
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 33.9 35.4 38.5 41.0 41.2 39.6 35.6 33.1 35.2 38.0 36.7 34.1 O 36.9
Min. Temperature (° C) 13.7 14.8 17.5 21.0 23.7 24.6 22.8 21.9 21.8 21.6 17.8 14.6 O 19.7
Precipitation ( mm ) 0 0 0 3 16 31 122 129 55 16 1 0 Σ 373
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.6 9.9 9.6 7.7 7.7 8.9 10.0 10.7 10.5 O 9.8
Humidity ( % ) 31 23 16 16 26th 29 57 70 63 42 32 34 O 36.7
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Source: wetterkontor.de

Individual evidence

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Web links

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