[kahr-toom] 
| a city in and the capital of the Sudan, at the junction of the White and Blue Nile rivers: besieged 1885; retaken by the British 1898. 400,000. |
[soo-dan] | 1. | a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. |
| 2. | Republic of the. Formerly, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. a republic in NE Africa, S of Egypt and bordering on the Red Sea: a former condominium of Egypt and Great Britain. 32,594,128; 967,500 sq. mi. (2,505,825 sq. km). Capital: Khartoum. |
| Khar·toum also Khar·tum (kär-tōōm') The capital of Sudan, in the east-central part of the country at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile. Founded c. 1821 as an Egyptian army camp, it was destroyed by Mahdists in 1885. Lord Kitchener retook the city in 1898 and oversaw its rebuilding. Population: 1,970,000. |
Capital of Sudan, a port at the juncture of the two upper portions of the Nile River — the Blue Nile and White Nile.
Republic in northeastern Africa, bordered on the north by Egypt; on the east by the Red Sea and Ethiopia; on the south by Kenya, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of Congo; and on the west by the Central African Republic, Chad, and Libya. Its capital is Khartoum, and its largest city is Omdurman.
Note: Sudan was under the joint rule of Britain and Egypt (though Britain exercised actual control) from 1899 to 1956.
Note: Recently, it has been plagued by famine and civil war.