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Khartoum is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence point of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as al-Mogran. The main Nile continues to flow north towards Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.
Divided by the Niles, Khartoum is a tripartite metropolis with an estimated overall population of over a million people consisting of Khartoum proper, and linked by bridges Khartoum North called (al-Khartu-m Bahri-) and Omdurman (Umm Durma-n) to the west.
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Ibrahim Pasha, the adopted son of Muhammad Ali, the ruler of Egypt, founded Khartoum in 1821 as an outpost for the Egyptian army, but the settlement grew as a regional center of trade, including the slave trade. Troops loyal to the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad began a siege of Khartoum on March 13, 1884 against the defenders led by British General Charles George Gordon. The siege resulted in the massacre of the Anglo-Egyptian garrison.
The heavily damaged city fell to the Mahdists on January 26, 1885. Omdurman was the scene of the bloody battle on September 2, 1898, during which British forces under Horatio Kitchener defeated the Mahdist forces defending the city.
In 1899, Khartoum became the capital of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and, with the independence of Sudan in 1956, the capital of the new country.
Ibrahim Basha (1789 – November 10, 1848), a 19th century general of Egypt. He is better known as the son of Muhammad Ali of Egypt. Ibrahim served as Regent for his father from July to 10 November 1848. Ibrahim Basha, born in the town of Kavala, in the Ottoman province of Rumelia, currently located in the Macedonian region of Greece was the son of a repudiated Greek Christian woman and a man named Tourmatzis.
The Mac Nimir Bridge links Khartoum, Sudan with Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river.
Bridges ogf the city include or have included ;
The following bridges have crossed the Blue Nile ; Mac Nimir Bridge, Blue Nile Road & Railway Bridge, Kober Bridge, Elmunsheya Bridge
The following bridges have crossed the White Nile ; White Nile Bridge, Fitayhab Bridge, Shambat Bridge
The University of Khartoum (U of K) is a public co-educational university located in and near Khartoum, Sudan. It was founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902 and established in 1956 when Sudan gained independence.
he Battle of Khartoum or Siege of Khartoum lasted from March 12, 1884 to January 26, 1885. It was fought in and around Khartoum between Egyptian forces led by British General Charles George Gordon and a Mahdist Sudanese army led by the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad. Khartoum was besieged by the Mahdists and defended by a garrison of 7,000 Egyptian and loyal Sudanese troops. After a ten-month siege, the Mahdists finally broke into the city and the entire garrison was killed. These events are depicted in the 1966 film Khartoum, with Charlton Heston as General Gordon and Laurence Olivier as Muhammad Ahmad.
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Khartoum Stock Exchange has been the principal stock exchange of Sudan.
Tuti Island (also spelled Tutti Island) is an island in Sudan where the White Nile and Blue Nile merge to form the main Nile. It is surrounded by the "Three Towns": Khartoum (the capital of Sudan), Omdurman (the largest city in Sudan), and Khartoum North (also known as Bahri, a large industrial center). Despite this, Tuti is home to only one small village (founded in the late 15th century), with grassland being the main makeup of the island. The only way to get to Tuti Island today is via several ferries that cross the river every so often. A modern suspension bridge, to be named the Tuti Bridge, is under construction.
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