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Khartoum or Khartum (/ k ɑːr ˈ t uː m / ⓘ kar-TOOM; [5] [6] Arabic: الخرطوم, romanized: al-Khurṭūm, pronounced [al.xur.tˤuːm]) is the capital city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With a population of 6.3 million people, Khartoum's metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan.
Khartoum State (Arabic: ولاية الخرطوم, romanized: Wilāyat al-Kharṭūm) is one of the eighteen states of Sudan.Although it is the smallest state by area (22,142 km 2), it is the most populous state in Sudan - 5,274,321 in the 2008 census, [4] [5] and officially estimated at 7,993,900 in 2018. [6]
Khartoum is a 2025 documentary film directed by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, with creative director and writer Philip Cox. The film relives survival and quest for freedom through dreams, rebellion, and civil strife of five Khartoum residents, who are compelled to flee Sudan for East Africa due to the onset of conflict.
Khartoum City. The Khartoum massacre occurred on 3 June 2019, when the armed forces of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council, headed by the Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan of the Sudan Armed Forces and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the immediate successor organisation to the Janjaweed militia, [6] used heavy gunfire and tear gas to ...
The siege of Khartoum (also known as the battle of Khartoum or fall of Khartoum) took place from 13 March 1884 to 26 January 1885. Sudanese Mahdist forces captured the city of Khartoum , Sudan, from its Egyptian garrison, thereby gaining control over the whole of Turco-Egyptian Sudan .
The capital of Sudan was moved from Funj Sennar (1504–1821) to Wad Medani during the reign of Hakimadar Osman Bey Jarkas (September 1824 to May 1825). He made Khartoum his seat of power and gradually shifted the state's offices from Wad Madani to Khartoum. Khartoum eventually became the capital of Sudan in 1830, marking the final transition ...
The 2005 Naivasha Agreement, ending the civil war between north and south Sudan, established some protections for non-Muslims in Khartoum. Sudan's application of Sharia law is geographically inconsistent. [219] Stoning was a judicial punishment in Sudan. Between 2009 and 2012, several women were sentenced to death by stoning.
Khartoum International Airport (IATA: KRT, ICAO: HSSK) (Arabic: مطار الخرطوم الدولي) is the principal airport in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The airport has been shut down since it was stormed and occupied on 15 April 2023 during the Battle of Khartoum .