Sudan's capital Khartoum (Khartoum) map

Sudan's capital Khartoum (Khartoum) (World capitals) Satellite maps

"World stove" - the Sudanese capital of KhartoumSudan is Africa's largest country, the world's hottest one of the countries, their capital, Khartoum means "elephant nose," a population of nearly 6 million (1999).Green, the White Nile in Khartoum intersection north to flow, Posi elephant nose, Khartoum also be named.Wuhan and its terrain is very similar, but also by the three towns, namely: Khartoum, North Khartoum and Omdurman, a bridge between the three towns connected.Khartoum has a long history and was originally a small fishing village, in 1822 Egypt became the barracks, the next year to become the capital of Sudan and Egypt.1834, the Turkish Ottoman Empire occupation of the Sudan, its capital Khartoum.1898 onwards as the capital of the British-Egyptian Sudan, the Sudan after independence in 1956 set as its capital.Omdurman Khartoum is the main civilian life, several major free market are in Omdurman, the Arab market with strong style, ivory, black wood, crocodile skin, and other folk art reflects the Sudan's national art.National theatre, the parliament building and the Koran University also is located in Omdurman.Omdurman in 1885 to 1898 was the capital of the Kingdom of the Mahdi, a lot of city landmarks, the famous tomb of the Mahdi, Abdullah Khalifa, and other museum and the mosque.Khartoum is the crossroads of two Nile, Blue Nile and White Nile in the riverbed before the convergence of a small island called the "embankment", Blue Nile will be divided into two, in the south, a small island south of the water with Belarus Nile encounter forward to flow, the island with its northern end of another water convergence, Qingbaikou Nile this one, known as the Nile, and then northward flow has been to Egypt.As the two upper reaches of the river hydrological and geological structures that run through the different areas, a river with two blue, one was white, when the convergence of泾渭分明, water color is not mixed, parallel racing current, like two Yudai, Khartoum, a major堪称Landscape.Khartoum has "world stove" said the hot, dry climate, the average temperature of 28.7 ℃, the highest temperature of 47.2 ℃, the annual March to November, a day out, boiling heat wave on Pumianerlai, Like into the sauna, often 22:00 minutes to take a walk, the ground is still circulated again and the heat.Four or five months from the Sahara Desert sandstorm raging season, filled wind rolled the dust Qishixiongxiong, Huntianheidi scraping to a few days.Man-yellow sand all-pervasive, people in housing estates, can also feel again and soil flavor, and sometimes even their sleep will be Bie wake up.To 7-8 in the rainy season, and occasionally heavy rain, after heavy rain, no sewers in the city of stagnant water everywhere, as "Water Zeguo."In winter, the heat gone, when fresh air, high-visibility Feel free to worry so deep breaths, look up the night sky, moon, the stars clearly visible, as if in close proximity.Khartoum, the Sudanese government agencies, foreign agencies of the location, Sudan's presidential palace, the Prime Minister's Office, ministries, courts and other important organs are located here.North Khartoum is the industrial zone, it focused on the country's largest factory, including the country's largest textile mills, auto plants and ships Xiupei Chang, and so on.In recent years, Khartoum, machinery, chemical fiber, food (olive oil), and other industries developed rapidly, the construction of a thermal power plant.Khartoum is a commercial city, Omdurman is more concentrated in the city's commercial areas, not only foreigners operating here in the store, but also full of national characteristics of the Arab market.Arab markets are the owner of the Sudanese people, the sale of goods to most of its products, such as cotton, leather, handicrafts, and other daily necessities.Khartoum no major commercial area, no major supermarket, shops are small Menlian.Buy and often not accounted for by weight, of watermelon, lettuce On trees, orange mango of a grapefruit, the majority of bundles of leafy vegetables are sold, as peanut, sesame and beans, according barrels Lunjia.Four Seasons fresh vegetables on the market continuously, the variety is limited, but the price is reasonable, do not have to worry about pesticide contamination, the whole is truly "green" fruits and vegetables, eating assured.Khartoum developed transport, international air routes, railways through red coast, from the city could be sailing along the Nile to the Egyptian capital of Cairo.Khartoum is cotton, grain distribution center, leather, textiles, food and other industries.The main buildings are government buildings, Islamic mosques, museums and zoos, and so on.Khartoum has dozens of colleges and universities, the most famous of the Nile River to the University of Khartoum.Blue Nile Binhetaidao south towering three floors of the white presidential palace, built in 1834 during the Turkish Ottoman rule, then known as the Palace called Kemu Iskandariya.32 Turkey was the Ottoman Empire the Governor and nine British Governor in this ruling.January 26, 1885, led by the Mahdi Army uprising scored Government House after the suppression of the Chinese revolution of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom butchers, the then British Governor Gordon on the steps in the staircase with spears stabbed to death by soldiers.January 1, 1956, Sudan declared independence and established the Republic of the Sudan.Nile Avenue to the northwest, is China's 20th century the early 1970s aided You Yigong, Africa's third-largest international conference centre of an area of 24,700 square meters, is the president office and the government held an important meeting place and celebration activities.Reproduced: http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2005-03/29/content_2755933.htm

Sudan's capital Khartoum (Khartoum) geographical coordinates (Google maps satellite map Landmark) finishing date: (2006/10/1 11:08:00)
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