ad-Damazin

11.7734.35Koordinaten: 11 ° 46 'N, 34 ° 21' O

Ad- Damazin (Arabic الدمازين ad - Damazin, alternative spelling Ed Damazin ) is the capital of the Sudanese state of Nile al - azraq ( Blue Nile ).

Location

The city is located in the east of Sudan, about 470 km from Khartoum away, on the western shore and at the northern end of the dammed by the Roseires Dam Blue Nile.

Population

Ad- Damazin has 212 782 inhabitants (calculated 2007).

Population development:

Cityscape and Economy

Ad- Damazin is one in the 1960s with the construction of the dam Roseires newly created sprawling city, which is co-managed since the end of the Civil War in 2005 by the NCP government in Khartoum and the southern Sudanese SPLM.

By the 16 -kilometer Roseires dam in the north -east of ad - Damazin a large- scale irrigation was possible, which increased the agricultural potential of the region. As a result, emerged in the city mills for cereals and oilseeds, as well as a sugar refinery.

Infrastructure

There is an airport and an asphalt road over Sennar to Khartoum. The voltage applied to the construction of the dam railway line to Sennar is no longer in operation.

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