Bant ( ar, بانت /

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: ) is an affluent district in

Omdurman Omdurman (standard ar, أم درمان ''Umm Durmān'') is a city in Sudan. It is the most populated city in the country, and thus also in the State of Khartoum. Omdurman lies on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite and northwest of the ...

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Khartoum State Khartoum State ( ar, ولاية الخرطوم, Wilāyat al-Kharṭūm) is one of the eighteen states of Sudan. Although it is the smallest state by area (22,142 km2), it is the most populous (5,274,321 in 2008 census). It contains the coun ...

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 ...

. south-western part of the ancient

Geography

Borders of Bant, from the

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by Almorada Street, a

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extends from north to south, and Alarbeen Street which extends from

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divided the district into Bant East and Bant West. It is bordered on the

by Alawda street adjacent to the military area, and form the north Abukdok and officers district . Its borders ended at Almutamer Secondary School for boys Corner.

History

Although the district is one of the Urban of the new

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districts, but it was founded in the late

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and early

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of the past

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after the central government distributed plots of land to the

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of Almorda district, as compensation for what they had lost as a result of

land in

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processes in the Postal area and Almorda

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Etymology

There was a lot of stories about the name which was given after: * The story which was closer to the

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that Bant has been created in a beautiful way and

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which in it were built

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, streets well organized, and the first started construction there is Adlan Beah, who built his house during the autumn

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and echoed by those who followed him in the construction in the area is a «Alrejal Bant». * There was another story, which says that the name of the Bant is fully was (Alrejal Bant), and so named because when housing land distributed in the region on which Bant today, was barren nothing ther non wild plants and people were saying, "Do not build there only a brave man. "In reference to the courage and fearlessness of construction in an empty region non inhabited. Thus called on the place name of Alrejal Bant. * There is a story that says the

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was a

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to come flocks of

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and

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s from the dimension, was said to «Sogoor Bant» There is now an area

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Bant Bant is one of the so-called green villages ''(Dutch: groendorpen)'' in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and lies about 7 km north of Emmeloord. Name The name Bant is derived from the ...

known district of

s (Sogoor) at the west side of Almorada

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Climate

Bant features a hot

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, with only the months of July and August seeing significant precipitation. Bant averages a little over of precipitation per year. Based on annual mean

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is one of the hottest major cities in the world.

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may exceed in mid-summer. Its average annual high

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is , with six months of the year seeing an average monthly high

of at least . Furthermore, none of its monthly

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high

falls below . This is something not seen in other major

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with hot desert climates.

cool off considerably during the

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, with Omdurman's lowest average low temperature of the year just above . Almorda Street

Famous places and buildings

* Building Palace of Youth and Children Bant East which was established during the rule of former President

Jaafar Nimeiri Jaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Jaafar Nimeiry, Gaafar Nimeiry or Ja'far Muhammad Numayri; ar, جعفر محمد النميري; 26 April 192830 May 2009) was a Sudanese politician who served as the president of Su ...

. * Masjid Al-Nilin

Sport

Al-Mourada Al-Mourada Sports Club ( ar, نادي الموردة الرياضي) is a Sudanese football club based in Al-Mourada, a suburb of Omdurman. Along with Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh, they formed the triplet of Sudanese football, but they couldn't conti ...

football club. Their home stadium is

Al-Mourada Stadium Omdurman sports stadium is a multi-use stadium in Omdurman, Sudan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of Al-Mourada football club. The stadium has a capacity of 14,000 people. Omdurman Omdurman (standard ar, ...

located in the Mourada district.

Education

There are several educational institutions in Omdurman. Some of the notable schools include: *Elementary Schools and High Schools: * Al-Mo’tamr higher

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in Bant East (Sharq). * Mosa Aldaw Hajoj higher

in Bant west. * Aldaw Hajoj

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Bant East. * AlRashad basis School for boys Bant East. * Bant East basis Girls

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. * Abuanjh basis Girls

Bant west. * Ahmed Nasser medium

for Girls Bant west.

References

{{Districts of Omdurman, Omdurman Archaeological sites in Sudan Former populated places in Sudan Omdurman