Badien Island (also spelled Jazeerat Dadeen) is one of the largest islands on the

Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...

and the second biggest island in

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. The island is in length and in width. It is north to

Dongola Dongola ( ar, دنقلا, Dunqulā), also spelled ''Dunqulah'', is the capital of the state of Northern Sudan, on the banks of the Nile, and a former Latin Catholic bishopric (14th century). It should not be confused with Old Dongola, an ancien ...

, the capital of the Northern state, Sudan. Badien Island is home to 40,000 people, all Nubians, who speak the Nubian languages of Nobiin (Mahasi/Halfawai) and Andaandi(Dongolawi). Badien Island is divided into four administrative districts by north, south, east, and west. Its main industry is agriculture, planting wheat, beans, and other crops. The island obtained an electricity grid in 2005, raising the efficiency of agriculture on the island.

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Islands of the Nile Northern State (Sudan) River islands of Sudan {{Sudan-geo-stub

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