Abri () is a small town, in the

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

ese

wilayat A wilayah ( or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu, Pashto and ; ) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes from the Arabic root "''w-l-y''", "to govern": a ''wāli''—"g ...

of the Northern state. It is on the river bank of the

Nile The Nile (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the List of river sy ...

, and it lies near the second

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that is now submerged by

Lake Nasser Lake Nasser ( ', ) is a large reservoir (water), reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It was created by the construction of the Aswan Dam, Aswan High Dam and is one of the List of reservoirs by volume, largest man-made lakes in the wo ...

. Its population is estimated to be about 40,000 residents.

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For travellers, Abri is mainly a place to relax. Bar the market, there's little to see in the town itself, but the easy-going atmosphere is infectious and the attractive setting on the Nile is hard to beat. It's also the obvious base for visiting picturesque Sai Island The next major settlement upriver is the town of

Delgo, Sudan Delgo () is a settlement in Northern Province, Sudan. The settlement is located on the east bank of the Nile River on the A1 Highway from Dongola to Wadi Halfa (, , ":wikt:esparto, Esparto Valley") is a city in the Northern (state), Northern ...

, 105 km South.

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Northern State (Sudan)