02-04-2008, 10:35 AM
katumu ! it is a strange thing to change the name of a city in other language
about katumu : the (kh)in khartoum is actually a letter with no equivalent in english , it is pronounced like the french R in France
Katumu is a fast expanding city due to many economic factors , its population is estimated to be about 8 milions , and the Y shaped concourse of the blue nile and white nile to form the river nile divides it to the major cities of Khartoum , Khartoum north ( Bahri ), and Omdurman ..
Khartoum is found in 1820s , by the egyptian - turkish colonias , small village was in that area , and the city was deserted after the Mahadi revolution , then the revolutionists build Omdurman city , and till now neighborhoods of Omdurman are named after the leaders of Mahadi army. Khartoum is rebuilt by the British in 1898 , and it was first limited to government officials and soldiers ...
now Khartoum is a mosaic city , u can find here any race ,any social class , and any lifestyle , and it is progressively expanding , mainly horizontally
between the northern metropolitan area of the city to the southern one , there are 100 kilometers , west - east : 40 km .......
about katumu : the (kh)in khartoum is actually a letter with no equivalent in english , it is pronounced like the french R in France
Katumu is a fast expanding city due to many economic factors , its population is estimated to be about 8 milions , and the Y shaped concourse of the blue nile and white nile to form the river nile divides it to the major cities of Khartoum , Khartoum north ( Bahri ), and Omdurman ..
Khartoum is found in 1820s , by the egyptian - turkish colonias , small village was in that area , and the city was deserted after the Mahadi revolution , then the revolutionists build Omdurman city , and till now neighborhoods of Omdurman are named after the leaders of Mahadi army. Khartoum is rebuilt by the British in 1898 , and it was first limited to government officials and soldiers ...
now Khartoum is a mosaic city , u can find here any race ,any social class , and any lifestyle , and it is progressively expanding , mainly horizontally
between the northern metropolitan area of the city to the southern one , there are 100 kilometers , west - east : 40 km .......