Northern State (Sudan)
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Northern State is one of the 18 wilayat of Sudan and the largest by area. It has an area of 348,765 km2 and an estimated population of 936,255. The area that comprises present-day Northern State was k
The sandstone mesa of Jebel Barkal near Karima
Wall painting of an unknown Makurian king from Old Dongola, late 13th–mid 14th century
Sandy hills in the Nubian Desert
Mosque in Kerma, Northern State
Wadi Halfa
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Wadi Halfa is a city in the Northern State of Sudan on the shores of Lake Nubia near the border with Egypt. It is the terminus of a rail line from Khartoum and the point where goods are transferred fr
Northern State (Sudan)
…pyramids at Nuri. Korti, farther south in the same district, sits at the junction of Nile and overland routes across the Bayuda Desert toward Kordofan. Wadi Halfa, in Wadi Halfa District, is the northernmost town in the state. Delgo lies on the east bank of the Nile opposite the ancient Egyptian town of Sesebi…
Wadi Halfa,center
A 19th-century photograph of British troops aboard a steamer connecting Wadi Halfa with Asyut during the Mahdist War.
Photo from 1910 showing the ruins of a medieval Nubian church near Wadi Halfa
Chained Sudanese prisoners carrying British baggage through Wadi Halfa in 1898.