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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.
Other lines connect Atbara and Sennar with Port Sudan, and Sennar with Ad-Damazin. A 1,400-kilometer line serves the Al Jazirah cotton-growing region. There are plans to rehabilitate rail transport to reverse decades of neglect and declining efficiency. [1] Service on some lines may be interrupted during the rainy season.
Other lines connect Ad-Damazin with Malakal in South Sudan and Nyala with Geneina and al-Fashir. [2] Modest efforts to upgrade rail transport were reported to be underway in 2013 [3] and 2015 [4] to reverse decades of neglect and declining efficiency.
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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.
Other lines connect Atbarah and Sannar with Port Sudan, and Sannar with Ad Damazin. A 1,400-kilometer line serves the al Gezira cotton-growing region. A modest effort to upgrade rail transport is currently underway to reverse decades of neglect and declining efficiency. Service on some lines may be interrupted during the rainy season.
The Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile was an armed conflict and insurgency in the Sudanese states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile (known as the Two Areas [18]) between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N), a northern affiliate of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in South Sudan.
It was the only railway completely built and operated by the Ottoman Empire. The main purpose of the railway was to establish a connection between Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire and the seat of the Islamic Caliphate, and Hejaz in Arabia, the site of the holiest shrines of Islam and Mecca, the destination of the Hajj annual ...