Demographics
| Year | Population[1] |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 39,100 |
| 1973 | 150,989 |
| 1983 | 341,155 |
| 1993 | 700,887 |
| 2007 estimate | 1,725,570 |
Khartoum North (al-Khartūm Bahrī) is a ceety close tae, but distinct frae, Khartoum in central Sudan. The ceety is close tae the confluence o the White an Blue Niles on the eastren bank o the Blue Nile. The ceety, which haed in 1993 a rapidly growin population o 900,000, is connectit bi briges tae Khartoum an Omdurman. It is forby kent as "Bahrī" (Egyptian Arabic: بحري), meanin North in Egyptian Arabic. (Sooth is Qibli (Egyptian Arabic: قبلي).)
| Year | Population[1] |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 39,100 |
| 1973 | 150,989 |
| 1983 | 341,155 |
| 1993 | 700,887 |
| 2007 estimate | 1,725,570 |
In 1998 the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory wis destroyed bi the Unitit States for several reasons, includin allegit ties atween the awners o the plant an the terrorist group al-Qaeda.[2]
The industrial centre o the region an the kintra, the ceety contains dockyards, marine an rail wirkshops, an sawmills. Khartoum North treds in cotton, grains, fruit, an livestock; industries include tannin, brewin, brickmakin, textile weavin, an fuid processin. Syne the year 2000, chemical plants supplyin hoosehauld products tae the rest o the kintra hae been biggit in the ceety.
A wealthy suburb is growin towards the eastren pairt o the ceety, alang the Blue Nile.
Khartoum North haes mony neighbourhuids, some o which are:
The follaein briges cross the Blue Nile an connect Khartoum North tae Khartoum: