Khashm El Girba
Khashm el-Girba is a town in Kassala State, north-eastern Sudan, located on the Atbarah River. The Khashm el-Girba Dam is located about 4 km south of the town.- Type: Town with 42,900 residents
- Description: human settlement in Sudan
- Also known as: “Abu Deleig”, “Kashm el Girba”, “Khash al Qirbah”, “Khasha al Qirbah”, “Khashim al Qirba”, “Khashm al Qirbah”, “Khashm el Girba”, “Khasm el Gerba”, and “Khasm el Qirba”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khashm el-Girba Dam.
Khashm el-Girba Dam
Dam
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Khashm el-Girba Dam is a gravity and embankment composite dam on the Atbarah River about 4 km south of Khashm El Girba in Eastern Sudan. The primary purpose of the dam is irrigation. Khashm el-Girba Dam is situated 3½ km south of Khashm El Girba.
Khashm El Girba
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Al Qaḑārif, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
14.95819° or 14° 57′ 30″ northLongitude
35.89471° or 35° 53′ 41″ eastPopulation
42,900Elevation
458 metres (1,503 feet)IATA airport code
GBUUnited Nations Location Code
SD GBUOpen location code
7G6QXV5V+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 2487361789OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
372527Wikidata ID
Q2345160
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to South Azerbaijani—“Khashm El Girba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خشم القربة”
- Chinese: “海什姆吉尔拜”
- Dutch: “Khashm El Girba”
- French: “Khashm El Girba”
- Italian: “Khashm El Girba”
- Japanese: “カシム・エル・ジルバ”
- Persian: “خشم القربه”
- Polish: “Chaszm al-Kirba”
- Russian: “Хашм-эль-Гирба”
- Russian: “Хашм-эль-Кирба”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hašm el Kirba”
- South Azerbaijani: “خشم القربه”
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