Saras

Saras or Sarras was a 19th-century village in along the Nile River in the present state of Northern Sudan. It was briefly important as the southern terminus of Isma'il Pasha's abortive 3 ft 6 in railway into Sudan constructed in 1877.
Wikipedia
  • Hamlet
  • …lies at an elevation of 197 metres (646 feet)
  • Description: Town in Sudan
  • Also known as
    “Saras East”
    “Saras, Sudan”
    “Sarras”

Saras

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Latitude
21.56667° or 21° 34′ north
Longitude
31.1° or 31° 6′ east
Open location code
7GHHH38X+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7730427397
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
367597
Wiki­data ID
Q16899812

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Irish—“Saras” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سراس”
  • Arabic: “سرّس”
  • Irish: “Saras”

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