Sahel
Sudan
Khartoum State

Omdurman

Omdurman is a major city in . It is the second most populous city in the country, located in the State of Khartoum. Omdurman lies on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite and northwest of the capital city of .
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Photo: عاصم الرشيد التوم, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Merrikh Stadium and Al Hilal Stadium.

Stadium
Photo: Abdel-Moneim Mustafa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as the Red Castle, is a multi-use in Omdurman, , used mostly for football matches and also sometimes for athletics.

Stadium
The , nicknamed The Blue Jewel is a multi-use stadium located in Omdurman, , . It is mostly used for football matches and is also used for athletics. It is the home of Al-Hilal Club and has a capacity of 25,000.

Museum
Photo: Steve Evans, CC BY 2.0.
The 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khartoum and Um Badda District.

Photo: Dbxsoul, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital of and is located where the Blue and White Niles merge to form the Nile. The huge, spread-out city is actually made out of three distinct cities which are divided by the Nile and its two arms.

Locality
Um Badda is a district of Khartoum state, .

Omdurman

Latitude
15.6446° or 15° 38′ 40″ north
Longitude
32.4777° or 32° 28′ 40″ east
Population
2,400,000
Elevation
391 metres (1,283 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SD BTE
Open location code
7G7JJFVH+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1980789690
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
365137
Wiki­data ID
Q180921
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Omdurman” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Omdoerman”
  • Afrikaans: “Omdurman”
  • Arabic: “أم درمان”
  • Arabic: “أمدرمان”
  • Arabic: “العاصمة القومية للسودان”
  • Arabic: “امدرمان”
  • Armenian: “Օմդուրման”
  • Asturian: “Omdurmán”
  • Azerbaijani: “Omdurman”
  • Basque: “Omdurman”
  • Belarusian: “Амдурман”
  • Bengali: “ওমডুরম্যান”
  • Bulgarian: “Омдурман”
  • Bulgarian: “Ум Дурман”
  • Catalan: “Omdurman”
  • Catalan: “Umm Durman”
  • Cebuano: “Omdurman”
  • Chechen: “Омдурман”
  • Chinese: “乌姆杜尔曼”
  • Chinese: “恩图曼”
  • Chinese: “恩圖曼”
  • Chinese: “昂杜曼”
  • Croatian: “Omdurman”
  • Czech: “Omdurmán”
  • Czech: “Umm Durmán”
  • Danish: “Omdurman”
  • Dutch: “Omdoerman”
  • Dutch: “Omdurman”
  • Dutch: “Umm Durman”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “أم درمان”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ام درمان”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوم دورمان”
  • Esperanto: “Omdurban”
  • Esperanto: “Omdurman”
  • Esperanto: “Omdurmano”
  • Estonian: “Umm Durmān”
  • Finnish: “Omdurman”
  • French: “Omdourman”
  • French: “Omdurman”
  • Georgian: “ომდურმანი”
  • German: “Omdurman”
  • German: “Umm Durman”
  • Greek: “Ομντουρμάν”
  • Greek: “Όμντουρμαν”
  • Gujarati: “ઓમ્દુર્મમાન”
  • Hausa: “Omdurman”
  • Hebrew: “אום דורמאן”
  • Hebrew: “אום דורמן”
  • Hebrew: “אומדורמאן”
  • Hebrew: “אומדורמן”
  • Hindi: “आमदुर्मेन”
  • Hungarian: “Omdurmán”
  • Indonesian: “Omdurman”
  • Interlingue: “Omdurman”
  • Irish: “Omdurman”
  • Italian: “Omdurman”
  • Japanese: “オムダーマン”
  • Japanese: “オムドゥルマン”
  • Kannada: “ಓಮ್ದುರ್ಮನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Omdwrman qalası”
  • Kazakh: “Омдурман қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Омдурман”
  • Kazakh: “ومدۋرمان قالاسى”
  • Kirghiz: “Омдурман”
  • Korean: “옴두르만”
  • Latvian: “Omdurman”
  • Latvian: “Omdurmāna”
  • Latvian: “Umm Durman”
  • Lithuanian: “Omdurmanas”
  • Lombard: “Omdurman”
  • Malay: “Omdurman”
  • Marathi: “ओंदुर्मान”
  • Mingrelian: “ომდურმანი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Omdurman”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Umm Durmān”
  • Norwegian: “Omdurman”
  • Norwegian: “Umm Durmān”
  • Ossetian: “Омдурман”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਮ ਦਰਮਾਨ”
  • Persian: “ام درمان”
  • Piemontese: “Omdurman”
  • Polish: “Omdurman”
  • Polish: “Ondurman”
  • Portuguese: “Omdurman”
  • Portuguese: “Ondurmã”
  • Pushto: “ام درمان”
  • Romanian: “Omdurman”
  • Russian: “Омдурман”
  • Scots: “Omdurman”
  • Serbian: “Omdurman”
  • Serbian: “Омдурман”
  • Serbian: “أم درمان”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Omdurman”
  • Silesian: “Omdurman”
  • Sinhala: “ඕම්ඩර්මාන්”
  • Slovak: “Omdurman”
  • Slovak: “Umm Durmán”
  • Slovak: “Ummdurmán”
  • Slovenian: “Omdurman”
  • Somali: “Omdurman”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ام درمان”
  • Spanish: “Omdurman”
  • Spanish: “Omdurmán”
  • Swahili: “Omdurman”
  • Swedish: “Omdurman”
  • Swedish: “Umm Durman”
  • Tajik: “Амдурмон”
  • Tajik: “Омдурман”
  • Tamil: “ஓமத்துர்மன்”
  • Telugu: “ఆమ్దుర్మన్”
  • Thai: “Omdurman”
  • Thai: “ออมเดอร์มาน”
  • Thai: “อุมดูร์มาน”
  • Turkish: “Omdurman”
  • Ukrainian: “Омдурман”
  • Urdu: “ام درمان”
  • Uzbek: “Omdurman”
  • Venetian: “Omdurman”
  • Vietnamese: “Omdurman”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Omdurman”
  • Wu Chinese: “恩图曼”
  • Zulu: “Omdurman”

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