Dongola

capital of the state of Northern in Sudan

Dongola is a city with 15,000 inhabitants in Northern Sudan.

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Granite columns in Old Dongala.
  • 🌍 Old Dongola (80 km upstream from Dongala.). A deserted town located on the east bank of the Nile opposite the Wadi Howar. An important city in medieval Nubia, and the departure point for caravans west to Darfur and Kordofan, from the fourth to the fourteenth century Old Dongola was the capital of the Makurian state. (updated May 2021)

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