Soba
Soba is an archaeological site and former town in what is now central Sudan. It was the capital of the medieval Nubian kingdom of Alodia from the sixth century until around 1500.
- 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 transport
- Location: Khartoum State, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
15.505° or 15° 30′ 18″ north
Longitude
32.6475° or 32° 38′ 51″ east
Elevation
387 metres (1,270 feet)
Open location code
7G7JGJ3X+X2
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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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