Wad ban Naqa
Wad ben Naga is the name of an ancient town in the Kushitic Kingdom in present-day Sudan. The village lies on the eastern bank of the Nile, about 80 kilometers upstream of Meroë and about 40 km southwest of Shendi.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wad ban Naqa
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Ancient town of Kush
- Categories: ancient city, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: River Nile, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
16.51097° or 16° 30′ 40″ northLongitude
33.11278° or 33° 6′ 46″ eastOpen location code
7G8MG467+94OpenStreetMap ID
way 1282993616OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q2538648
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Wad ban Naqa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ود بانقا”
- Czech: “Wad Ben Naga”
- Dutch: “Wad ban Naqa”
- French: “Wad ban Naqa”
- German: “Wad ben Naga”
- Indonesian: “Wad ban Naqa”
- Portuguese: “Wad ban Naqa”
- Slovenian: “Vad ben Naka”
- Turkish: “Wad ban Naqa”
- Urdu: “ود بانقا”
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