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Khartoum city overview
Khartoum is a city in Sudan shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseKhartoum International (KRT)
Known forKhartoum, Capital city in Sudan, Khartoum planning base 3, Khartoum planning base 4
RegionSudanSudan
Time zoneAfrica/Khartoumlocal time
Founded1823historical origin
City history
Egypt shifted the seat of the colonial government from Wad Madani to Khartoum in 1823, which became a permanent settlement and underwent rapid development in the next decades.
A significant change took place in 1854, when most of the city was destroyed by heavy rains and floods.
Despite being fortified by trenches and a wall connecting the Blue and White Niles, the city was conquered by the Mahdists on 26 January 1885 and the entire garrison was annihilated.
Herbert Kitchener became Governor-General of the Sudan in September 1898, and began a programme of reconstruction, Khartoum was rebuilt according to a street plan in the shape of the Union Jack.
Under Reginald Wingate (1899–1916), the Governor-General's Palace in Khartoum was rebuilt using red bricks, with sandstone used for the corners.
The Gordon Memorial College (now the University of Khartoum) was opened in 1903, and a new railway to Port Sudan was completed in 1919.
Khartoum continued to grow after it was declared the capital of the newly independent Republic of Sudan in 1956.
On 3 June 2019, Khartoum was the site of the Khartoum massacre, where over 100 dissidents were murdered (the government said 61 were killed), hundreds more injured and 70 women raped by Rapid Support.
On 1 July 2020, activists demanded that al-Zibar Basha street in Khartoum be renamed.
This is supported by historical accounts which place the Dinka homeland in central Sudan (around present-day Khartoum) as recently as the 13th-17th centuries A.D.
It was rebuilt with houses made out of mud and stones, replacing those made out of thatch and straw.
Many of the inhabitants were massacred or enslaved and the survivors were deported to the newly established Omdurman, while Khartoum was largely destroyed and abandoned.
Kitchener ordered the mosques of Khartoum rebuilt and guaranteed freedom of religion to all citizens.
Fighting was reported at the presidential palace, the RSF's headquarters, Khartoum International Airport and Merowe Airport, which the RSF claimed to have captured.
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Khartoum
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Capital city in Sudan
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Khartoum planning base 3
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Khartoum planning base 4
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Khartoum planning base 5
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Khartoum International (KRT) arrival plan
- Khartoum International (KRT)Khartoum International (KRT), Khartoum
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Transport notes
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