Wad Madani

14.433.51Koordinaten: 14 ° 24 'N, 33 ° 31' O

Wad Madani (Arabic ود مدني Wad Madanī; Wad Medani alternative spelling ) is the capital of the Sudanese state of al - Jazeera and is located in the center of a large cotton -growing region.

Location

The city is located in the east of Sudan, approximately 150 km southeast of Khartoum on the road to Kassala, on the left bank of the Blue Nile, within the Jazirah - level to 409 meters above sea level.

Population

For Wad Madani 368 021 inhabitants ( 2009 calculation ) can be specified.

Population development:

History

The city was in 1821 to a Turkish- Egyptian outpost, was conquered by the Sultanate of Sennar from. 1911 started near first attempt with the cultivation of cotton, two years later the construction of the Sennar Dam was decided. Thus the city was chosen in 1925 by the British as the center of the ambitious Jazeera irrigation project, which resulted in the following years to rapid growth and the most modernized area of ​​the country.

Economy

As before, the economy is dominated by the irrigated fields in the flat Jazeera level. The city is located in a cotton -growing region and is trade center for wheat, cotton and livestock. As a destination especially for honeymooners from Khartoum Wad Madani has a corresponding range of hotels. The relative prosperity of the city can be seen on the houses in the central market area on the riverbank. The range of fruit and vegetables on the market is above average.

The airport has international DNI identification and a flight path length of 1097 meters.

Education

1977 was opened the University al - Jazirah in the north of the city.

Sons and daughters of the town

The city is the birthplace of the singer, bandleader and oud player Abdel Aziz El Mubarak.

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