Khartoum الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm | |
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Khartoum at nicht | |
Eik-name(s): The Triangular Ceety | |
Coordinates: 15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°ECoordinates: 15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°E | |
Kintra | Sudan |
State | Khartoum |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Abdul Rahman Alkhidir |
Population (2008) | |
• Urban | 639,598 |
• Metro | 5,274,321 (Khartoum State) |
Time zone | UTC+3 |
• Summer (DST) | No observit |
Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm) is the caipital o Sudan an o Khartoum State. It is locatit at the confluence o the White Nile flowin north frae Lake Victoria, an the Blue Nile flowin wast frae Ethiopie. The location whaur the twa Niles meet is kent as "al-Mogran". The main Nile continues tae flow north towards Egyp an the Mediterranean Sea.
Dividit bi the Niles, Khartoum is a tripartite metropolis wi an estimatit oweraw population o ower a million fowk consistin o Khartoum proper, an linkt bi briges tae Khartoum North cawed (al-Khartūm Bahrī) an Omdurman (Umm Durmān) tae the wast.