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Khar·toum also Khar·tum (kär-t

)

The capital of Sudan, in the east-central part of the country at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile. Founded c. 1821 as an Egyptian army camp, it was destroyed by Mahdists in 1885. Lord Kitchener retook the city in 1898 and oversaw its rebuilding. Population: 1,970,000.

Khartoum, Khartum [kɑːˈtuːm]

(Placename) the capital of the Sudan, at the junction of the Blue and the White Nile: with adjoining Khartoum North and Omdurman, the largest conurbation in the country; destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885 when General Gordon was killed; seat of the Anglo-Egyptian government of the Sudan until 1954, then capital of the new republic. Pop.: 924 505 (1993)

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Khartoum - the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile

capital of Sudan

Republic of the Sudan, Soudan, Sudan - a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956

Translations

Khartoum [kɑːˈtuːm] N → Jartum m

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Khartoum (redirected from North Khartoum)

Khartoum
(redirected from North Khartoum)