Wadi Halfa

Not to be confused with Wadi Halfa Salient.
Wadi Halfa
وادي حلفا
City
Wadi Halfa is located in Sudan
Wadi Halfa
Wadi Halfa
Location in Sudan
Coordinates: 21°47′N 31°22′E / 21.783°N 31.367°E / 21.783; 31.367
Country Sudan
StateNorthern
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
15,725

Wādī Ḥalfā (Arabic: وادي حلفا,[1] Sudanese Arabic [ˈwaːdi ˈħalfa], "Esparto Valley") is a city in the Northern state of Sudan on the shores of Lake Nubia near the border with Egypt. It is the terminus of a rail line from Khartoum and the point where goods are transferred from rail to ferries going down the lake. As of 2007, the city had a population of 15,725.[2] The city is located amidst numerous ancient Nubian antiquities and was the focus of much archaeological work by teams seeking to save artifacts from the flooding caused by the completion of the Aswan Dam.

  1. ^ Formerly also romanized as Halfa and Wady Halfa.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference MER was invoked but never defined (see the help page).