Ad-Damazin ( ar, الدمازين, Ad-Damāzīn) is the capital city of Blue Nile,

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 ...

. It is the location of the

Roseires Dam The Roseires Dam ( ar, خزان الروصيرص) is a dam on the Blue Nile at Ad Damazin, just upstream of the town of Er Roseires, in Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمه� ...

and power generation plant. Ad-Damazin is served by a terminal station of a branch line of the national railway network. However, the train service to Ad-Damazin has been discontinued many years ago. Instead the town can be reached from

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 ...

via a decent tarmac road and by plane. However,

Damazin Airport Damazin Airport is an airport serving Damazin, located in the Blue Nile state in Sudan. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring . Airlines and ...

is mainly served by

UNMIS The United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) was established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590 of 24 March 2005, in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Suda ...

or government flights. Ad-Damazin is a city filled with many dialects, but the majority of the population speaks Sudanese Arabic, which is an accent of the original Arabic language. The city lies west of the Nile river and northwest of the Roseires reservoir.

Blue Nile University Blue Nile University ( ar, جامعة النيل الأزرق, ''Jām'ah al-Nīl al-azraq'') is a public university located in Damazeen, Sudan. It was established in 1995. It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World ...

(Jameat Al Neel Alazraq) is a public university located in Ad-Damazin, established in 1995.

Climate

Like other parts of the Sahel, Ad-Damazin has a

hot semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi- ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

''BSh''), with a wet season and a dry season and the temperature being hot year-round. The average annual mean temperature is , the average annual high temperature is , while the average annual low temperature is . The hottest time of year is from March to May, just before the wet season starts. April is the hottest month, having the highest average high at and the highest mean at . May has the highest average low at . August has the lowest average high at and January has the lowest mean at . January also has the lowest average low at . Ad-Damazin receives of rain over 70.7 precipitation days, with a distinct wet and dry season like the rest of the Sahel. January receives no precipitation at all, and almost no rain falls from November to March. July, the wettest month, receives of rainfall on average. August has 16.9 precipitation days, which is the most of any month. Humidity is much higher in the wet season than the dry season, with March having a humidity at just 21% and August having a humidity at 79%. Ad-Damazin receives 3000.6 hours of sunshine annually on average, with the sunshine being distributed fairly evenly across the year, although it is lower during the wet season. January receives the most sunshine, while July receives the least.

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State capitals in Sudan Populated places in Blue Nile (state) {{Sudan-geo-stub

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