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Ad-Damazin (Arabic: الدمازين, romanized: Ad-Damāzīn) is the capital city of Blue Nile, Sudan. It is the location of the Roseires Dam and power generation plant. Ad-Damazin is served by a terminal station of a branch line of the national railway network. However, the train service to Ad-Damazin has been discontinued many years ago.
Ad Damazin is a district of Blue Nile state, Sudan, [1] [2] with a total population of 186,051 as of 2015, making it the biggest city in the region of Blue Nile, and the closest airport to Ad Damazin is the Damazin Airport. The district itself is also raised 485 meters above sea level.
Blue Nile State (Arabic: ولاية النيل الأزرق Wilāyat an-Nīl al-ʾAzraq) is one of the eighteen states of the Republic of the Sudan.It was established by presidential decree nº 3 in 1992 and it is named after the Blue Nile River.
The Roseires Dam (Arabic: خزان الروصيرص) is a dam on the Blue Nile at Ad Damazin, just upstream of the town of Er Roseires, in Sudan. It consists of a concrete buttress dam 1 km wide with a maximum height of 68 m, and an earth dam on either side. The earth dam on the eastern bank is 4 km long, and that on the western bank is 8.5 km ...
It is situated about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the capital of the Blue Nile region, Ad-Damazin, and approximately 511 kilometres (318 mi) from Sudan's capital, Khartoum. [3] Wad el-Mahi has experienced significant impacts from climate change, being one of Sudan's fastest-warming regions.
Damazin, Sudan: Elevation ... above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,500 by 45 metres (8,202 ft × 148 ft). ...
The airport resides at an elevation of 2,393 feet (729 m) above mean sea level. It has 2 runways : 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,970 by 45 metres (9,744 ft × 148 ft) and 18/36 with a gravel surface measuring 1,527 by 45 metres (5,010 ft × 148 ft).
The Sudanese army closed the bridge between Roseires and Ad-Damazin on July 15, preventing refugees from fleeing. [15] All roads to and from Ad-Damazin were closed as well. [15] Fighting also broke out in Ganis, but had subsided by the end of the night. [15] The clashes spread to the Blue Nile capital of Ad-Damazin by July 16, and ended the ...