Umm Badr ( ar, أم بادر) is a

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North Kurdufan North Kordofan ( ar, شمال كردفان, Šamāl Kurdufān) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 185,302 km2 and an estimated population of 2,920,890 (2008 census) (3,340,000 (2011 estimate)). El-Obeid is the c ...

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 ...

at an altitude of 691 meters above sea level (2270 feet). It lies at distance of about 319 kilometers (198 miles) west to the capital

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...

. Umm Badr is located on the shores of a seasonal lake known as the Lake of Umm Badr, midway from

El Fasher Al Fashir, Al-Fashir or El Fasher ( ar, الفاشر) is the capital city of North Darfur, Sudan. It is a large town in the Darfur region of northwestern Sudan, northeast of Nyala, Sudan. "Al-Fashir" (description) ''Encyclopædia Britann ...

. The town is a major center for the Kewahla, one of the major

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s in Sudan, and is rich in natural resources and mineral such as

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. The town is accommodated with one rural hospital. The nearest international airport is in

El-Obeid El-Obeid ( ar, الأبيض, ''al-ʾAbyaḍ'', lit."the White"), also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan, in Sudan. History and overview El-Obeid was founded by the pashas of Ottoman Egypt in 1821. It was ...

city some 237 kilometers (169 miles) away. There is no railway connections to the town, but some roads are to be found which lead to many major neighboring cities such as Al Nuhud, Hamrat El Sheik, Barah and

. The topography of the area is dominated by seasonal

wadis Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water onl ...

and small scattered high rocky mountains, hills and

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of red sands as well as seasonal

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around the wadis during the rainy season. Recently a dam construction has been built to impound rain water. Lake Umm Badr is the main water surface feature in the area. Dr. Kurt Beck, a

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and Professor in Bayreuth International School of African Studies, University of Bayreuth, has settled in Umm Badr for a long time. The British explorer and writer Michael Asher, author of ''A Desert Dies'', lived in Umm Badr for some years^ a b "Michael Asher – Penguin UK Authors – Penguin UK". Penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-17 among the Kewahla Arab nomadic and pastoral tribe who roam the

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and the

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regions in the area.

References

{{reflist Populated places in North Kurdufan