Soba
Soba is an archaeological site and former town in what is now central Sudan. Three kingdoms existed in medieval Nubia: Nobadia with the capital in Faras, Makuria with the capital in Dongola, and Alodia with the capital in Soba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mariusz drzewiecki, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “East Soba”, “Sawba”, “Sawbā”, “Soba East”, “Soba Station”, and “Subah”
Soba
- Categories: former settlement, ruins, and transportation
- Location: Khartoum State, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Soba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سوبا (مدينة)”
- Arabic: “سوبا”
- Catalan: “Soba”
- Chinese: “索巴”
- Dutch: “Soba”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سوبا (مدينه)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سوبا”
- Finnish: “Soba”
- French: “Soba”
- German: “Soba”
- Indonesian: “Soba (kota)”
- Indonesian: “Soba”
- Italian: “Soba”
- Polish: “Soba”
- Russian: “Соба (город)”
- Russian: “Соба”
- Ukrainian: “Соба (місто)”
- Ukrainian: “Соба”
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