El Geteina ( also Al Qutaynah, ar, القطنية) is a small town located in the
state of the
White Nile
The White Nile ( ar, النيل الأبيض ') is a river in Africa, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the other being the Blue Nile. The name comes from the clay sediment carried in the water that changes the water to a pale color. ...
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 town is placed just a little bit upstream of the lake formed by the
White Nile Dam.
The War in Sudan (2023)
On December 22nd, 2023, the
RSF captured the city. Al Qutaynah was the first city in
White Nile
The White Nile ( ar, النيل الأبيض ') is a river in Africa, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the other being the Blue Nile. The name comes from the clay sediment carried in the water that changes the water to a pale color. ...
to fall to the
RSF.
References
Populated places in White Nile State
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