Khartoum was founded in 1821 as part of Egypt, north of the ancient city of Soba. From there, the Nile continues north towards Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.
The place where the two Niles meet is known as al-Mogran or al-Muqran ( المقرن English: "The Confluence"). It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile, flowing west from Lake Tana in Ethiopia. With a population of 5,274,321, Khartoum's metropolitan area, with an estimated population of over five million people, is the largest in Sudan.ĭivided by these two parts of the Nile, Khartoum is a tripartite metropolis consisting of Khartoum proper, and linked by bridges to Khartoum North ( الخرطوم بحري al-Kharṭūm Baḥrī) and Omdurman ( أم درمان Umm Durmān) to the west. Khartoum or Khartum ( / k ɑːr ˈ t uː m/ kar- TOOM Arabic: الخرطوم, romanized: Al-Khurṭūm, pronounced ) is the capital of Sudan. Khartoumese, Khartoumian (the latter more properly designates a Mesolithic archaeological stratum)
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