El Manaqil ( ar, المناقل), or Al Managil is a city in
Al Jazirah state in the
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 ...
. Its population as of the controversial 2008 census was 99,775. Some estimates say the population is about 143,000; World Gazetteer estimated it in 2012 at 137,739. Either way, it is the second largest city in Al Jazirah state after
Wad Medani
Wad Madani ( ar, ود مدني, Wad Madanī) or Madani is the capital of the Al Jazirah state in east-central Sudan.
"Wad Madani" (population), Microsoft Encarta, Online Encyclopedia 2001.
Wad Madani lies on the west bank of the Blue Nile, n ...
. It is also the capital of the
El Manaqil District (subdivision of the Sudanese states). The city is a retail and services center in the center of the irrigated agricultural region (including cotton, wheat, sorghum).
The town was heavily affected by the
2022 Sudan floods.
Historical populations
1973 census: 15,223
1983 census: 36,090
1993 census: 65,405
References
ctv.ca* http://www.citypopulation.de/Sudan.html
* http://www.statoids.com/ysd.html
Populated places in Al Jazirah (state)
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