Khartoum

Khartoum
Khartoum; الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm
	Khartoum at nicht
	Eik-name(s): The Triangular Ceety
	Khartoum Khartoum's location in Sudan
	Coordinates: 15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°ECoordinates: 15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°E
Kintra	Sudan
State	Khartoum
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Abdul Rahman Alkhidir
Population (2008)
• Urban	639,598
• Metro	5,274,321 (Khartoum State)
Time zone	UTC+3
• Summer (DST)	No observit

Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm) is the caipital o Sudan an o Khartoum State. It is locatit at the confluence o the White Nile flowin north frae Lake Victoria, an the Blue Nile flowin wast frae Ethiopie. The location whaur the twa Niles meet is kent as "al-Mogran". The main Nile continues tae flow north towards Egyp an the Mediterranean Sea.

Dividit bi the Niles, Khartoum is a tripartite metropolis wi an estimatit oweraw population o ower a million fowk consistin o Khartoum proper, an linkt bi briges tae Khartoum North cawed (al-Khartūm Bahrī) an Omdurman (Umm Durmān) tae the wast.

Etymology

The wird 'Khartoum' is derived frae Arabic Al-Jartūm الجرطوم meanin "end o an elephant’s trunk", probably referrin tae the narrae strip o land extendin atween the Blue an White Niles.^[1] Captain J. A. Grant, who reached Khartoum in 1863 wi Captain Speke’s expedition, thocht that the derivation wis maist probably frae the safflower (Carthamus Tinctorius L.) which is cawed 'Gartoon,' an which wis cultivatit extensively in Egyp for its ile, uised in burnin.