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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Atbara , river, NE Africa, rising in NW Ethiopia and flowing c.500 mi (800 km) to the Nile in Sudan. There are few permanent settlements along its banks. The Atbara's water level is very low, except during the rainy season (from June to October). The river is called the Takazze in its early stages in Ethiopia and the Setit in W Ethiopia and E Sudan. Author not available, ATBARA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Atbara River
River, North Africa. Rising in the Ethiopian highlands, it flows about 500 mi (800 km) northwest through eastern Sudan to join the Nile River at Atbara in The Sudan. It is the Nile's northernmost tributary. Atbara River Atbara River Atbara River Read more

Atbarah
Atbarah , town (1993 pop. 87,878), NE Sudan, at the junction of the Atbara and Nile rivers. An important rail junction, it is also...on the rail lines. Sudanese trade unionism originated in Atbarah in 1946 with the founding of a workers' association among... Read more

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	Desert distraction. (badminton in Sudan) ; ...DISTRACTION Expatriates bring badminton to Atbara and take their minds off the heat. The...from the sky, but its warmth lingers over Atbara, a dusty railroad town in North Sudan...club. But for a handful of expatriates in Atbara, where cool is something vaguely remembered... Read more
	SHARJAH CHARITABLE SOCIETY DONATES DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT ; ...equipment to Consulate General of Sudan in Dubai, which on its turn will send it to Atbara Hospital in Sudan. This equipment will meet the needs of the patents of Atbara in dialysis.The secretary General of the Society Dr. Abdallah Mubarak Khan said... Read more
	PRESIDENT INAUGURATES COMPASSION PROJECT ; ...District, northern Sudan. He distributed Eid presents to orphans in the district. During his visit to the project in the city of Atbara, the President promised that the government would ensure health care for the orphans, and would give support to the budget of... Read more
	Sudan ; 00-00-0000 Map of Sudan Port Sudan Atbara Merowe Kosti Dongola Wau Malakal El Obeid Nyala El Fasher Geneina Sennar Singa Wad Medani Shendi Berber Tokar Kassala Khartoum... Read more
	Ted's Travels: A land of dignity and hospitality soured by endless war Ted Simon hits a wall of bureaucracy and is saddened to find that, 28 years on, Sudan is not what it used to be ; ...desert, back in 1973, was like a revelation. Their clarity, integrity and dignity filled me with awe. From Wadi Halfa through Atbara, Kassala and Gedaref I met with nothing but respect, hospitality and trust. The days I spent as a guest at a school in the desert... Read more
	Sudanese President Denounces Bombings in Capital ; ...that took place in the capital area before the ninth anniversary of the Salvation Revolution on June 30. Addressing a rally in Atbara city to the north of the capital, al-Bashir vowed to punish those responsible for the crimes of the kind. Nine bombings occurred... Read more
	Sudanese President Promises A Stronger Army to ; ...aggressors and clear rebels. Bashir was addressing army officers and national service recruits in the artillery corps at the city of Atbara in the North Sudanese Nile River State. Sudan will recruit more to the ranks and put every able person on military training... Read more
	PAT hits the Sahara trail ; ...Pyramids of Meroe the next day, they headed to Atbara for a refuel. The tarmac road ended just after Atbara, and from there on it was sandy tracks all...before setting up camp near the border between Atbara and Wadi Halfa. Instead of crossing the border... Read more
	Trains, coal, and industrial labour.(Book Review) ; ...hard covers US$59.95, ISBN 0 325 07089 X). 2002, 184 pp. AHMAD ALAWAD SIKAINGA, City of Steel and Fire: a social history of Atbara, Sudan's railway town, 1906-1984. Oxford: James Currey (paperback 17.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 85255 962 3; hard covers 45... Read more
	Emergence of sedentism: new ways of living, new ways of symbolizing. ; ...objects retrieved from excavations in the Atbara region of the Sudan 'say' about socio...and functions of the female body. The Atbara sites and their material inventory These...was part of the subsistence activity in Atbara by the 9th millennium b.p. (Magid 1995... Read more

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