Khartoum
Khartoum, also spelled Khartum, is the capital and most populous city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State.
Khartoum, also spelled Khartum, is the capital and most populous city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan.
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Worth seeing in and around Khartoum
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Khartoum
The University of Khartoum is a public university located in Khartoum, Sudan. It is the largest and oldest university in Sudan.
4.7 km · university in Sudan · Wikipedia - 02National Museum of Sudan
The National Museum of Sudan or Sudan National Museum, abbreviated SNM, is a war-damaged former museum, housed in a two-story building, constructed in 1955 and established as national museum in 1971. Before its destruction during the Sudanese civil war, the museum held an estimated 100,000 objects covering thousands of years of Sudan's history, ranging from the Nubian kingdoms and the Kushite empire to the country's Christian and Islamic periods.
1.1 km · Museum for the history of Sudan · Wikipedia - 03Al-Merrikh Stadium
Al-Merrikh Stadium, also known as the Red Castle, is a multi-use stadium in Omdurman, Sudan, used mostly for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. Established in 1962.
5.5 km · multi-use stadium in Omdurman, Sudan · Wikipedia - 04Omdurman Islamic University
Omdurman Islamic University is a university built on an area of size about 800 feddans ) in Omdurman, Sudan. While the school is primarily oriented toward Islamic studies, it serves other fields of studies as well, such as engineering, agriculture and medicine.
6.1 km · Islamic university in Omdurman, Sudan · Wikipedia - 05Khartoum Stadium
The Khartoum International Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Khartoum, Sudan. It is used mostly for football matches.
1.7 km · Multi-purpose stadium in Khartoum, Sudan · Wikipedia - 06Sudan University of Science and Technology
Sudan University of Science and Technology is one of the largest public universities in Sudan, with ten campuses in Khartoum state. The main campus is located in the so-called Al Mugran area of Khartoum, the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile.
1.4 km · university in Khartoum State, Sudan · Wikipedia - 07Al-Hilal Stadium
The Al-Hilal Stadium, nicknamed The Blue Jewel is a multi-use stadium located in Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan. It is mostly used for football matches and is also used for athletics.
5.9 km · multi-use stadium in Sudan · Wikipedia - 08Al-Nilin Mosque
The Al-Nilin Mosque is a mosque in Omdurman, Sudan. It is located on the western banks of the Nile river, just opposite to the confluence of the White and Blue Nile.
2.4 km · mosque in Sudan · Wikipedia - 09St. Matthew's Cathedral
St. Matthew's Cathedral is a Catholic church in Khartoum, which is the capital of Sudan.
3.8 km · St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Khartoum (Sudan) · Wikipedia - 10National Assembly
The National Assembly was the lower house of the National Legislature of Sudan. The legislature was unicameral until 2005.
2.4 km · lower house of Sudan's legislature · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Nile Street or Shari'a Al-Nilشارع النيل الخرطوم: Probably the prettiest street in Khartoum. With the Blue Nile on one side, the street is lined with pretty, albeit decaying-looking, colonial buildings, most of which are used as ministries, schools and even a hotel, the Grand Holiday Villa Khartoum.
- 01Sudan Presidential Palace Museum
This museum is located in the grounds of the Presidential Palace and is housed in the impressive century old Palace Cathedral.
- 02Confluence of the Blue and White Nile
If you have the stamina, you will reach the confluence of the two branches of the Nile if you continue walking west along Nile Street for about 3–4 km from the Presidential Palace.
- 03Souq Arabi
If you want to see crowds and action, this is the place.
- 04National Museum of Sudan
- 05Sudan Ethnographic Museum
A fascinating little museum on the corner of Al Gamaa street and Mak Nemir Avenue.
- 06Sudan National Botanical Garden
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Things to do
There are many professional and international clubs spread around the three cities. Providing for sport, cultural activities or simply a place to meet, they are a lively remnant of British influence. Greek club. Khartoum 2, entrance off Mak Nimir Ave.
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Where to eat
Khartoum has a good sprinkling of restaurants, with new ones popping up every couple of months – other than restaurants attached to hotels there is little quality eating to be had in Khartoum’s city centre. Amarat hosts the majority of the better eateries, although Ridyah and Khartoum 2 also have some places. Omdurman and Barhi have a light sprinkling of simple restaurants.
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Getting to Khartoum
- Airports
- Khartoum (KRT), 6 km
- Stations
- Khartoum International Airport, 5.8 km
- Port Sudan → Khartoum671 km · quickest by air, 4h 51m · $190–280
- Aswan → Khartoum950 km · quickest by air, 8h 3m · E£6,040–9,360
- Jeddah → Khartoum963 km · quickest by air, 6h 16m · SAR680–1,050
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Khartoum
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Khartoum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also walk out to the main road about 200 m from the airport terminal and catch minibuses that cruise along the road.
- Get inOlder, more infrequent trains run from Port Sudan, Wadi Halfa - for connections with ferries from Egypt - and even Nyala.
- Get aroundThese come in three varieties; bright yellow and often beaten up Toyota Corollas Model 1977, small 6-seater minivans, and more modern metered taxis.
- Get aroundMinibuses are the cheapest way to get around Khartoum, especially between the three cities.
- Get aroundThere are easily thousands of minibuses and seeing all of them gather near the Great Mosque and Souk al-Arabi is a sight to behold.
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Next door to Khartoum
Khartoum is 5 km from Omdurman, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Alamartdistrict in Khartoum, Sudan5.8 km
- Bantdistrict in Khartoum, Sudan5.8 km
- Almoradadistrict in Khartoum, Sudan5.8 km
- Garden Cityneighbourhood in Sudan5.1 km
- KafouriNeighbourhood in Sudan8.8 km
- Al-Manshiyyaneighbourhood in Sudan8.3 km