New Halfa

The New Halfa Project in is a 164,000 feddan site constructed in 1964 to house 50,000 Nubians displaced from , a town situated on the Nile near the border with Egypt, which was flooded when Lake Nasser formed behind the Aswan Dam.
Wikipedia
  • Town with 63,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 452 metres (1,483 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code NHF
  • Description: town of the state of Kassala, Sudan
  • Also known as
    “Halfa Aj Jadīda”
    “Halfā al Gadīdah”
    “Halfa al-Gedida”
    “Halfa Aljadida”
    “Halfa el Gadida”
    “Halfa el Jadida”
    “Ḩalfā’ al Jadīdah”
    “هلفا الغأديدة”

New Halfa

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Latitude
15.3202° or 15° 19′ 13″ north
Longitude
35.6038° or 35° 36′ 14″ east
UN/LOCODE
SD NHF
Open location code
7G7Q8JC3+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2828441938
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
374272
Wiki­data ID
Q4495188

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“New Halfa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حلفا الجديدة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حلفا الجديده”
  • French: “New Halfa”
  • German: “New Halfa”
  • Russian: “Новая Хальфа”
  • Russian: “Нью-Хальфа”
  • Russian: “Хальфа-эль-Джадида”

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