Kassala, Sudan · Africa
63,589
Population
Africa
Continent
Khartoum
Timezone
SD
Country Code
The New Halfa Project (Arabic: حلفا الجديدة) in Sudan is a 164,000 feddan site constructed in 1964 to house 50,000 Nubians displaced from Wadi Halfa, a town situated on the Nile near the border with Egypt, which was flooded when Lake Nasser formed behind the Aswan Dam. The site draws its water from the Atbara River, where the Khashm el Girba Dam provides a reliable source for the irrigation project intended to convert the nomads of the area to farmers of cotton and sugar. Amongst the problems fa...
Coordinates
15.3302°, 35.5985°
Region/State
Kassala
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Country
Sudan
Region
Kassala
Timezone
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