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Khartoum North, city, north central Sudan, in Khartoum Province, on the Blue Nile River just above its confluence with the White Nile near Khartoum. Served by a railway, the city has dockyards, workshops, and meat-packing, textile-weaving, and brewing industries. Goods manufactured in the city include rubber products, canvas shoes, and concrete. Livestock, cotton, wheat, barley, and fruit are traded. Population (1993) 879,105.

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