Wādī Ḥalfā (Arabic: وادي حلفا, Sudanese Arabic [ˈwaːdi ˈħalfa], "Esparto Valley") is a city in the Northern state of Sudan on the shores of Lake Nubia...
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The Wadi Halfa Salient, named after Wadi Halfa, a nearby Sudanese city 22 kilometers south of the border, is a salient of the international border between...
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Wadi Halfa Airport (IATA: WHF, ICAO: HSSW) is an airport serving Wadi Halfa in Sudan. The airport is approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of Wadi...
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Prehistoric Egypt (section Wadi Halfa)
by archaeologist Waldemar Chmielewski along the southern border near Wadi Halfa, Sudan, at the Arkin 8 site. Chmielewski dated the structures to 100,000...
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Wadi Halfa or Halfa is a district of Northern state, Sudan. Its population was 33,631 in 2008. "Districts of Sudan". statoids. Retrieved 29 December 2018...
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town of Wadi Halfa and its surrounding villages. Some were moved to a newly created settlement on the shore of Lake Nasser called New Wadi Halfa, and some...
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Halfa may refer to: Halfa, Iowa, a community in the United States Wadi Halfa, a place in Northern Sudan New Halfa, a place in Sudan New Halfa Airport...
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Senseneb (section Wadi Halfa, Cairo CG 34006)
(mwt-nsw) and is therefore thought to have been a commoner. At Buhen in Wadi Halfa, a sandstone stela fragment dated to Year 1 of Thutmose I, mentions [...
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been found in the central Nubian region dating back to 7000 BC, with Wadi Halfa believed to be the oldest settlement in the central Nile valley. Parts...
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border then briefly veers northwards, creating an area known as the 'Wadi Halfa Salient', before resuming its course along the 22nd parallel out to the...
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New Halfa Project (Arabic: حلفا الجديدة) in Sudan is a 164,000 feddan site constructed in 1964 to house 50,000 Nubians displaced from Wadi Halfa, a town...
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somewhat north of the Second Cataract of the Nile, in present-day Sudan (Wadi Halfa Salient) flooded by Lake Nubia, near the border with Egypt. Abu Simbel...
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Nile north of Wadi Halfa, Sudan. It intergrades with bibilicus in the Sinai, and with rufidorsalis in a narrow zone around Wadi Halfa. It has been recorded...
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kilometers of narrow-gauge, single-track railways. The main line runs from Wadi Halfa on the Egyptian border to Khartoum and southwest to El-Obeid via Sennar...
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needed] recorded in Upper Egypt (Aswan, Luxor) and in the Nubian Desert (Wadi Halfa). The annual average direct solar irradiation is around 2,800 kWh/(m2...
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After a ferry link up on the Nile, the railway continues in Sudan from Wadi Halfa to Khartoum at the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Cape gauge; see Northern Africa...
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who spent several weeks with the population of the Magyarab island at Wadi Halfa, put together a list of non-Arabic words that were used only on that island...
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Alshalateen, as in the past, but instead at the Hadarba border pass point. Wadi Halfa is another border pass point west of the Nile River at 22 degrees north...
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The site of the city, on the border between modern Egypt and Sudan at Wadi Halfa Salient, was flooded by Lake Nasser in the 1960s and is now permanently...
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In all of Sudan, only Sawakin, reinforced by Indian army troops, and Wadi Halfa on the northern frontier remained in Anglo-Egyptian hands. The Mahdists...
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"flying column" of camel-borne troops across the Bayyudah Desert from Wadi Halfa under the command of Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Stewart. This force...
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after Almásy left Wadi Halfa with Count Zsigmond Széchenyi and Jenő Horthy (a relation of Miklós Horthy) on a hunting trip to the Wadi Howar. As Almásy's...
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the journey was made impossible by the non-operation of the Aswan to Wadi Halfa ferry between Egypt and Sudan as well as instability in Sudan, northern...
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asylum and Egypt urged civilians to go to its land border crossing at Wadi Halfa or to Port Sudan for evacuation or safety. Egypt said that 42,300 people...
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Wardi was born on 19 July 1932 in a small village called Sawarda close to Wadi Halfa in Northern Sudan. His mother, Batool Badri, died when he was an infant...
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is of Nubian descent and his family originates from the Nubian town of Wadi Halfa, Sudan. Ramey Dawoud's music is known for its lyrics highlighting life...
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Africa and in Yemen. The common name commemorates the Turkish Governor of Wadi Halfa in Sudan, Bey El-Arnaut Abdim (1780–1827). Abdim's stork is found widely...
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Abdulmahmood Taiyara Tambul Wad An Nora Wad Banda Wad Madani or Wad Medani Wadi Halfa Umm Badr Umm Bel Umm Dam Umm Debbi Umm Gafala Umm Keddada Umm Qantur Um...
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and Sharq El Owainat in the Western Desert, as well as an extension to Wadi Halfa in Sudan. The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development signed a $2.45...
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submerged under Lake Nasser. It is located 10 km south of the former site of Wadi Halfa, at the current location of the town (21°48′41″N 31°12′57″E / 21.8115°N...
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