page_title: Khartoum
section_title: Bridges
hierarchical_section_title: Khartoum / Transportation / Bridges
caption_attribution_description: Tuti Bridge across Nile between Khartum and Tuti Island - Sudan.
context_page_description: Khartoum or Khartum is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan, the sixth-largest in Africa, the second-largest in North Africa, and the fourth-largest in the Arab world. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile, flowing west from Lake Tana in Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as al-Mogran or al-Muqran. From there, the Nile continues to flow north towards Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.
  Divided by these two parts of the Nile, Khartoum is a tripartite metropolis with an estimated overall population of over five million people, consisting of Khartoum proper, and linked by bridges to Khartoum North and Omdurman to the west.
  Khartoum was founded in 1821 as part of Ottoman Egypt, north of the ancient city of Soba. The Siege of Khartoum in 1884 led to the capture of the city by Mahdist forces and a massacre of the defending Anglo-Egyptian garrison. It was reoccupied by British forces in 1898 and served as the seat of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan government until 1956, when the city became the capital of an independent Sudan.
context_section_description: Bridges over the Blue Nile connecting Khartoum to Khartoum North:
  Mac Nimir Bridge
  Blue Nile Road & Railway Bridge
  Cooper Bridge, also known as The Armed Forces Bridge
  Elmansheya Bridge
  Bridges over the White Nile, connecting Khartoum to Omdurman:
  Omdurman Bridge
  Victory Bridge
  Al-Dabbasin Bridge
  Bridges connecting Tuti Island:
  Tuti Bridge
  Tuti North Bridge
caption: Tuti suspension bridge, Khartoum Sudan
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