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.Wad ban Naqa
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- Description: Ancient town of Kush
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Latitude
16.51097° or 16° 30′ 40″ north
Longitude
33.11278° or 33° 6′ 46″ east
Open location code
7G8MG467+94
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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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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