Al Jabalayn ( ar, الجبلين), also El Jebelein, is a town in central
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 ...
lying on the east bank of the
River Nile
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , 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 the longest rive ...
.
It is served by a branch of the
Sudan Railways
Sudan has 4,725 kilometers of narrow-gauge, single-track railways. The main line runs from Wadi Halfa on the Egyptian border to Khartoum and southwest to El-Obeid via Sannar and Kosti, Sudan, with extensions to Nyala in Southern Darfur and Wau in ...
where it is a terminus.
On the 28–29th of December 1989, the "Al Jabaylin Massacre" took place in here.
[http://www.pachodo.org/General-News-South-Sudan-News/where-do-we-stand-after-18-years-of-eljebelin-massacre.html]
The Government believes that about 150 - 250 were killed while local authorities estimate 4000 people died. The town was once part of the
Collo Kingdom, belonging to the
Collo
Collo ( ar, القل, links=, lit=, translit=al-Qull) was an ancient Roman– a city of the Ottoman empire and Berber. Located in the northern Skikda Province, Algeria. It was the capital and one of three municipalities of Collo District, and ...
people.
See also
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Railway stations in Sudan
Railway stations in Sudan include:
Maps
* UNHCR Atlas Map
* UN Map
* Different maps Aljabalan map
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* Sudan and South Sudan Map
Existing and Proposed
* Aswan
* Toshka & Abu Simbel - proposed
* - border
* Wadi Halfa - N - potential bre ...
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Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originate ...
References
Populated places in White Nile (state)
Nile
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