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Khartoum
15.59° N, 32.53° E
- Population
- 4,754,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 23
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 23 cities of Sudan in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Sudan, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 382 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 30,000 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Khartoum
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Africa/Khartoum
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Practical bearings for Khartoum, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Khartoum have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Khartoum derives from the Arabic words "ras," meaning "head or end," and "al-khurtum," meaning "elephant's trunk," referring to the narrow strip of land between the Blue and White Niles where the city is located.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
