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Khartoum North

Khartoum North, or Khartoum Bahri or simply Bahri, is a city in Khartoum State, lying to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of Sudan.

Khartoum North
Khartoum North · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Khartoum North, or Khartoum Bahri or simply Bahri, is a city in Khartoum State, lying to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of Sudan. It has a population of 1,012,211 people, making it the third-largest city proper in Sudan, behind the neighbouring cities of Omdurman and Khartoum.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Khartoum North

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.

  1. 01
    University of Khartoum

    The University of Khartoum is a public university located in Khartoum, Sudan. It is the largest and oldest university in Sudan.

    4.2 km · university in Sudan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    National 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.

    6.4 km · Museum for the history of Sudan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Al-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.

    8 km · multi-use stadium in Omdurman, Sudan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Khartoum Stadium

    The Khartoum International Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Khartoum, Sudan. It is used mostly for football matches.

    6.6 km · Multi-purpose stadium in Khartoum, Sudan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Sudan 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.

    6.6 km · university in Khartoum State, Sudan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Al-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.

    7.6 km · multi-use stadium in Sudan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Al-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.

    7.2 km · mosque in Sudan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St. Matthew's Cathedral

    St. Matthew's Cathedral is a Catholic church in Khartoum, which is the capital of Sudan.

    4.6 km · St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Khartoum (Sudan) · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    National Assembly

    The National Assembly was the lower house of the National Legislature of Sudan. The legislature was unicameral until 2005.

    7.2 km · lower house of Sudan's legislature · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Neelain University

    Al Neelain University is a public university located in Khartoum, Sudan. It was founded in 1993.

    6.3 km · university in Khartoum, Sudan · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Khartoum North

Airports
Khartoum (KRT), 7 km
Stations
Khartoum International Airport, 6.8 km
  • Port Sudan → Khartoum North
    664 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · $200–290
  • Aswan → Khartoum North
    939 km · quickest by air, 8h 7m · E£6,040–9,370
  • Jeddah → Khartoum North
    955 km · quickest by air, 6h 20m · SAR680–1,050
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Khartoum North

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 North. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Khartoum, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LalibelaET

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    809 km
  2. 02
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,443 km
  3. 03
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    1,576 km
  4. 04
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,659 km
  5. 05
    EntebbeUG

    9 ways of moving, 37 sources

    1,735 km

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Around it

Next door to Khartoum North

Khartoum North is 7 km from Omdurman, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Khartoumcapital city of Sudan5.6 km
  • Omdurmancity in Sudan9.6 km
  • Alamartdistrict in Khartoum, Sudan6.7 km
  • Bantdistrict in Khartoum, Sudan6.7 km
  • Almoradadistrict in Khartoum, Sudan6.7 km
  • KafouriNeighbourhood in Sudan3.3 km