Jabal Awliya
Jabal Awliya is a village in the north-central part of Sudan, about 40 km south of Khartoum. Nearby is the Jebel Aulia Dam, built in 1937 by the British for the Egyptian government.- Type: Hill with an elevation of 386 metres
- Description: village in the north-central part of Sudan
- Also known as: “Djebel Auliya”, “Jabal al Awliya‘”, “Jabal al Awliyā’”, “Jebel Auliya”, and “Mountain of the saints”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jebel Aulia Dam.
Jebel Aulia Dam
Dam
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jebal Aulia Dam is a dam on the White Nile near Khartoum, Sudan. Its construction began in 1933 and was completed in 1937. When completed it was the largest dam in the world.
Jabal Awliya
- Categories: human settlement, mountain, and landform
- Location: Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Jabal Awliya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل أولياء”
- Arabic: “جبل الأولياء”
- Arabic: “جبل الاولياء”
- Arabic: “جبل اولياء”
- Dutch: “Jabal Awliya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اولياء”
- French: “Djebel Aulia”
- French: “Jabal Awliya”
- French: “Jebel Aulia”
- Ladin: “Mountain of the saints”
- Persian: “جبل اولیا”
- Russian: “Гебель-Аулия”
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