Khartoum North


Khartoum North or Khartoum Bahri is a city in Khartoum State, lying to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of the Republic of Sudan. It is located on the north bank of the Blue Nile and the east bank of the River Nile, near the confluence of the Blue Nile with the White, and bridges connect it with both Khartoum to its south and Omdurman to its west.
It had a population of 1,012,211 at the last Sudanese census in 2008. It is part of a three-city agglomeration with a combined population of 4,272,728 in 2008.

Demographics

YearPopulation
195639,100
1973150,989
1983341,155
1993700,887
2007 estimate1,725,570

History

The original settlement at Khartoum North, Halfaya, was long the largest settlement in the area of the Nile confluence before the Egyptians established Khartoum as their military garrison and administrative center in the 1820s. It was thereafter eclipsed by the Egyptian Khartoum, its Mahdist replacement Omdurman, and the British refounding of Khartoum following their reconquest of the country in 1898. Khartoum North began to grow again, however, as the southern terminus of the Sudan Military Railroad, which was completed in 1899.
On August 20, 1998 the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory was destroyed by a cruise missile because the United States accused the factory of making VX for al-Qaeda.

Economy and industry

The industrial centre of the region and the country, the neighborhood contains dockyards, marine and rail workshops, and sawmills. Khartoum North trades in cotton, grains, fruit, and livestock; industries include tanning, brewing, brickmaking, textile weaving, and food processing. Since the year 2000, chemical plants supplying household products to the rest of the country have been built in the neighborhood.
A wealthy suburb is growing towards the eastern part of the neighborhood, along the Blue Nile.

Neighbourhoods

Khartoum North has many neighborhoods, some of which are:

Bridges

The following bridges cross the Blue Nile and connect Khartoum North to Khartoum: