Sennar


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Sennar

(ˈsɛnɑː; sɛˈnɑː)
n
1. (Placename) a region of the E Sudan, between the White Nile and the Blue Nile: a kingdom from the 16th to 19th centuries
2. (Placename) a town in this region, on the Blue Nile: the nearby Sennar Dam (1925) supplies irrigation water to Gezira. Pop: 135 000 (2005 est)
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Sennar, Aug.29(SUNA)-Ambassador of India to Sudan , Ravindra Prasad Jaiswal got acquainted with sizes of tourism potentialities and economic resources of Sennar State.
Les Etats les plus touches sont ceux du Nil Blanc, au sud de Khartoum, de Sennar, au centre-sud de Khartoum, de Fashir, situe au Darfour, dans l'ouest du Soudan, ainsi que Wad-Ramli et Wawesi dans l'Etat de Khartoum et la region de Wad Mahi, dans l'Etat du Nil Bleu.
(TAP) - Paramilitary forces backed by Sudan's ruling military council fired at protesters in the southeastern state of Sennar on Sunday, witnesses said, and one man died of a shot to the head, according to opposition medics.
A Sudanese protester was shot dead, and several others were "severely wounded", including a child, on Sunday during protests against the violence of Sudan's rapid support forces (RSF) in Sennar, according to the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) and AFP.
Kuwaiti ambassador in Khartoum Bassam Al-Qabandi and his staff receives a number of Kuwaiti citizens KHARTOUM, April 14 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's embassy in Khartoum on Sunday received a number of Kuwaiti citizens upon arrival in Khartoum from the southern Sudanese state of Sennar and completed necessary measures to ensure their return to their country.
The most affected states were Kassala, Sennar, South Kordofan, West Kordofan and North Darfur.
The capital cities of the two most important states in Sudan, Gezira, and Sennar are linked by the Wad Medani-Sennar road.
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian parliamentarians are writing a letter to President Hassan Rouhani to voice their protest at a recent decision by the Islamic, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IESCO) to change the cultural capital of the Islamic civilization from Isfahan city to the Sudanese city of Sennar, a lawmaker disclosed.
Hassan told reporters that Sudan 's current production of oil reaches 500 thousand barrels per day and exploration is going on in box 8 at Sennar State and exploration will also start in Red Sea early next year.
At the turn of the 20th century Sir William Garstin, adviser to the Egyptian Ministry of Works, proposed the construction of a dam on the Blue Nile at Sennar. An experimental pumping station was built to test the suitability of the area for irrigation.
(Sixth semester male medical student, Sennar University, 2001).