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| ash-Shamālīya · الشمالية | |
| Capital | Dunqulā |
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| Residents | unknown |
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| surface | 348,765 km² |
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Ash-Shamālīya, Arabic:الولاية الشمالية, al-Wilāya ash-Shamālīya, is a state in Sudan. In the north it borders Egypt and in the northwest Libya. The capital is Dongola.
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getting there
From abroad
The border crossing 1 Qusṭul ashes, officially Gustul Land Port, Arabic:ميناء قسطل البري, Mīnāʾ Qusṭul al-Barrī, is currently the only road border crossing between Egypt and Sudan. A visa for Sudan can be obtained, for example, in Aswan receive. Registration in Sudan must either be with the police in Wādī Ḥalfā or at the Aliens Registration Office of the Ministry of the Interior in al-Charṭūm be made within three days.
When entering the country with a vehicle, you must have a customs document that is valid for Sudan, the Carnet de passage, which is used as a guarantee for the customs clearance that has not yet been completed.
By boat
Although the Nile is basically navigable, there is hardly any passenger traffic on the river.
Passenger ships may still operate between Karīma and Dunqulābetween July and February if the water level is sufficient. The journey takes about two to four days, depending on the direction.
By plane
There are no scheduled flights to this small airport. Served from time to time Sudan Airways the airport.(21 ° 48 ′ 10 ″ N.31 ° 31 ′ 19 ″ E)mobility
Tourist Attractions
Along the Nile
- 1 Nubia lake
- the Sudanese part of the Lake Nasser also covers the second cataract of the Nile. - 2 Ṣāi - Nile Island
- 3 Jebel Dusha
- 4 Ṣulib (Soleb)
- 5 Ṣādīnqā (Sedeinga)
- 6 Sīsibī
- 7 Wādī Sabū
- 8 3. Nile cataract
- 9 Karma an-nuzul (ad-Daffūfa)
- 10 Tumbus
- 11 al-Kawa
- 12 Old dunqulā (Old Dongola)
- 13 az-Zūma
- 14 al-Kurru
- 15 Jebel al-Barkal
- 16 Nūrī
- 17 Marawī Dam
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In the Libyan desert
- 18 Karkūr Ṭalḥ - in the Gebel el-ʿUweināt with prehistoric rock engravings and rock paintings. The valley is one of the highlights in the transnational Gilf Kebir National Park.
- 19 Qalʿat Abū Aḥmad (Gala Abu Ahmed) - Cushite fortress of unknown function Napatan period (about 750-350 BC) with dimensions of 120 × 180 meters, about 110 kilometers west of the Nile in Wadi Howar. The fortress was discovered in 1984 by archaeologists from the University of Cologne.
