Back Khartoum ACE Khartoem Afrikaans ካርቱም Amharic Khartum AN الخرطوم Arabic الخرطوم ARZ Ḥartum AST Khartoum AVK Xartum Azerbaijani خرطوم AZB
Khartoum الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm | |
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 Khartoum at nicht | |
| Eik-name(s): The Triangular Ceety | |
  Khartoum Khartoum's location in Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°ECoordinates: 15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°E | |
| Kintra |  Sudan |
| State | Khartoum |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Abdul Rahman Alkhidir |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Urban | 639,598 |
| • Metro | 5,274,321 (Khartoum State) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
| • Summer (DST) | No observit |
Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm) is the caipital o Sudan an o Khartoum State. It is locatit at the confluence o the White Nile flowin north frae Lake Victoria, an the Blue Nile flowin wast frae Ethiopie. The location whaur the twa Niles meet is kent as "al-Mogran". The main Nile continues tae flow north towards Egyp an the Mediterranean Sea.
Dividit bi the Niles, Khartoum is a tripartite metropolis wi an estimatit oweraw population o ower a million fowk consistin o Khartoum proper, an linkt bi briges tae Khartoum North cawed (al-Khartūm Bahrī) an Omdurman (Umm Durmān) tae the wast.