Khartoum North

Khartoum North (al-Khartūm Bahrī) is a ceety close tae, but distinct frae, Khartoum in central Sudan. The ceety is close tae the confluence o the White an Blue Niles on the eastren bank o the Blue Nile. The ceety, which haed in 1993 a rapidly growin population o 900,000, is connectit bi briges tae Khartoum an Omdurman. It is forby kent as "Bahrī" (Egyptian Arabic: بحري‎), meanin North in Egyptian Arabic. (Sooth is Qibli (Egyptian Arabic: قبلي‎).)

Demographics

Year	Population[1]
1956	39,100
1973	150,989
1983	341,155
1993	700,887
2007 estimate	1,725,570

Location o Khartoum North

History

In 1998 the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory wis destroyed bi the Unitit States for several reasons, includin allegit ties atween the awners o the plant an the terrorist group al-Qaeda.^[2]

Economy an industry

The industrial centre o the region an the kintra, the ceety contains dockyards, marine an rail wirkshops, an sawmills. Khartoum North treds in cotton, grains, fruit, an livestock; industries include tannin, brewin, brickmakin, textile weavin, an fuid processin. Syne the year 2000, chemical plants supplyin hoosehauld products tae the rest o the kintra hae been biggit in the ceety.

A wealthy suburb is growin towards the eastren pairt o the ceety, alang the Blue Nile.

Neighbourhuids

Khartoum North haes mony neighbourhuids, some o which are:

• Alamlaak
• Cooper Ceety
• Kafouri
• Bahri Industrial Area
• St. Joseph
• Al Sababi
• Al Dnagla north
• Al Dnagla sooth
• Hilat Hamad
• Hilat Khojali
• Hilat Koko
• Greaf Sharq
• Alshabia north
• Alshabia sooth
• Almazad
• Almulazmien
• Almerghania
• Alsafia

Infrastructure

Briges

The follaein briges cross the Blue Nile an connect Khartoum North tae Khartoum:

• Mac Nimir Bridge
• Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge
• Cooper Bridge
• Al Mansheiya Bridge

• Shambat Bridge crosses the Nile an connects the ceety tae Omdurman.