Barah
Barah, also Bara, is a town in North Kurdufan, central Sudan, in northeastern Africa. It is approximately 30 km north of El-Obeid, the capital of North Kurdufan. It is a regional transportation hub. It has a present population of 16,969.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: City with 17,000 residents
- Description: city of the state of North Kordofan, Sudan
- Also known as: “Bāra” and “Barah, Sudan”
Barah
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Bara, North Kordofan, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
13.69683° or 13° 41′ 49″ northLongitude
30.37037° or 30° 22′ 13″ eastPopulation
17,000Elevation
478 metres (1,568 feet)Open location code
7G5GM9WC+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2374654672OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
377724Wikidata ID
Q614453
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