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Ad-Damazin
Blue Nile, Sudan · Africa
About Ad-Damazin
Ad-Damazin sits on the route: 10 minutes from Ash Shallāl.
Ad-Damazin is in Blue Nile, Sudan, with about 190,000 people. The nearest town is Ash Shallāl, about 5 km away.
Ad-Damazin (Arabic: الدمازين, romanized: Ad-Damāzīn) is the capital city of Blue Nile, Sudan. It is the location of the Roseires Dam and power generation plant.
Ad-Damazin is served by a terminal station of a branch line of the national railway network. However, the train service to Ad-Damazin has been discontinuedRead more
many years ago. Instead the town can be reached from Khartoum via a decent tarmac road and by plane. However, Damazin Airport is mainly served by UNMIS or government flights. Ad-Damazin is a city filled with many dialects, but the majority of the population speaks Sudanese Arabic, which is an accent of the original Arabic language. The city lies west of the Nile river and northwest of the Roseires reservoir.
Blue Nile University (Jameat Al Neel Alazraq) is a public university located in Ad-Damazin, established in 1995.
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Ad-Damazin is in Blue Nile, Sudan, about 5 km from Ash Shallāl.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 186,051
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Sudan
- Region
- Blue Nile
- Timezone
- Africa/Khartoum
- Coordinates
- 11.7891, 34.3592
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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