Karkawj
in Khartoum State, Sudan
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Khartoum International Airport (3 mi) - Kosti Airport (165 mi)
- Atbara Airport (177 mi)
- El Debba Airport (202 mi)
- El Obeid Airport (230 mi)
- Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (Unesco heritage, 120 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 15.567 and 32.600 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 15° 34' 0" and E 32° 35' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - SDG
- Spoken languages:
- Arabic, English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:40 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Africa/Khartoum
- UTC/GMT offset: 3 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:02 am and 5:17 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -15.673 and -146.876 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Raitahiti - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning it is not safe to travel Sudan.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Sudan. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Karkawj
Karkawj in Khartoum State is a city in Sudan a little east of Khartoum, the country's capital.
Local time in Karkawj is now 07:40 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Africa / Khartoum with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 5 airports in the vicinity of Karkawj, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Sudan is Khartoum International Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 6 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe in a distance of 120 mi (or 193 km), North-East. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Khartoum, Wad Madani, Rabak, Ed Damer and Singa. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 83 °F
| Morning Temperature | 20°C / 69 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 30°C / 85 °F |
| Night Temperature | 24°C / 75 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 11% |
| Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 14% of sky |
| General Conditions | Few clouds |
Wednesday, 4th of December 2024
27°C (80 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 5th of December 2024
27°C (81 °F)
24°C (76 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 6th of December 2024
29°C (84 °F)
28°C (82 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Videos from this area
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Air Emirates Airbus A330 landing at Khartoum international airport
This Air Emirates A330 coming in for a landing at dawn at Khartoum international airport.
Nile River at Khartoum
Nile cruise in Khartoum/Sudan..(rld)
Scary plane landing at the airport in Khartoum لحظات مخيفة لطائرة ﻓﻲ ﻣﻄﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﺨﺮﻃﻮﻡ
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Khartoum, Sudan..الخرطوم السودان
شارع الستين بالخرطوم.
Egypt's Mursi speech to the Sudanese people in Khartoum كلمة الرئيس المصري في الخرطوم
كلمة الرئيس المصري مرسي للشعب السوداني في الخرطوم.
Egyptian President leads Friday prayers in Khartoum الرئيس المصري يؤدي صلاة الجمعة في الخرطوم
خطبة صلاة الجمعة الخرطوم.
Khartoum - الخرطوم شلال السبلوقة
Traffic at Souq Khartoum
Traffic at an intersection in a large market in Khartoum.
Souq Khartoum
A snapshot of a major market in Khartoum.
Dawood city (Grosvenor Ltd) Sudan شركة غروزفنر - مدينة داؤود الجامعية للطالبات
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Khartoum International Community School
Khartoum International Community School (KICS) is a private English medium International School established by DAL Group in 2004. Located on a purpose-built campus in the Hai El Raqi area south of Khartoum, Sudan, KICS caters for students from age of 3 to 18 years, providing the International Baccalaureate curriculum. KICS is the first school in Sudan to gain international accreditation as an IB World School in 2006.
Al Basar International Foundation
Established in 1990 to work in the field of prevention and eradication/controlling of blindness & blinding diseases, Al-Basar International Foundation مؤسسة البصر الخيرية العالمية (executive office in Saudi Arabia) is a non-profitable, non-political, international NGO, registered in many countries.
Al Mansheiya Bridge
Al Mansheiya Bridge is a bridge that links the capital Khartoum and the industrial city Khartoum North across the Blue Nile in central Sudan.
Osama bin Laden's house in Khartoum
Osama bin Laden's house in Khartoum is a pink and beige brick-and-stucco three-storey house on Al-Mashtal Street in the affluent Al-Riyadh quarter of Khartoum, Sudan, where Osama bin Laden lived between 1991 and 1996.
International University of Africa
The International University of Africa is a public University in Khartoum, Sudan. It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World. The university has faculties of Education and Humanities, Shariah and Islamic Studies and of Pure and Applied Sciences. The university has its origins in the Islamic African Centre, established in Khartoum in 1977. In 1992 the military government of Colonel Omar al-Bashir upgraded the institute to a university.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Karkawj.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Karkoj, Karkawj
