Geneina

13.4522.44Koordinaten: 13 ° 27 'N, 22 ° 26' O

Al- Dschunaina, Arabic الجنينة El Geneina also, al - Junaynah, Ajjinena, Al Genain or Geneina; is the capital of the Sudanese state of West Darfur ( West Darfur ).

Location

Al- Dschunaina is about 800 meters high in the west of the Marra plateau near the road, which al - Fasher (about 350 km) leads, approximately 1200 km from Khartoum and about 27 km from the border with Chad away. Another highway leads south-east to Nyala.

Population

Al- Dschunaina has 169 259 inhabitants (calculated 2010).

Population development:

History

On January 4, 1910 came a troop of 112 French soldiers, the marauding members of the Masalit pursued under the colonization of Wadai, in the near Wadi Kajja into an ambush and were massacred (also: " Battle of Kirn thing" ). The men of the Sultan of the Masalit Taj al -Din fell 180 rifles and 20,000 rounds of ammunition in the hands.

Due to the ongoing conflict in Darfur, there are around the city several refugee camps, which are supplied by various, mainly financed by WFP aid organizations.

Infrastructure

The roads in and around the town are not paved. The airstrip ( International code: EGN ) has a length of 1600 m.