Dinder () is a town in the

Sennar Sennar ( ') is a city on the Blue Nile in Sudan and possibly the capital of the state of Sennar. For several centuries it was the capital of the Funj Kingdom of Sennar and until at least 2011, Sennar was the capital of Sennar State. Histo ...

state in eastern

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

. It is within a large loop of the Dinder River, on the western side. Despite being northwest of the park boundary, Dinder acts as the gateway for tourists seeking to visit the

Dinder National Park Dinder National Park is a national park and biosphere reserve in eastern Sudan, and is connected to Ethiopia's Alitash National Park. Location Dinder lies approximately southeast of Khartoum, on either side of the Dinder River bounded to the n ...

Sudanese civil war (2023-present)

The RSF seized Dinder from the SAF on 2 July 2024 during the Sennar offensive. The SAF regained control of the town on 4 July 2024 but was later recaptured again by the RSF on 5 July 2024. On 19 October 2024, a fourth battle erupted at Dinder. SAF fully recaptured the town by 23 October 2024.

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Populated places in Sennar State {{Sudan-geo-stub