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Omdurman

city in Sudan
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Summary

Omdurman is a city[1]. Omdurman ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,734 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Khartoum[3]
  • Country: Sudan[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5]
  • Commons category: Omdurman[6]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Omdurman[8]
  • Population: 2,395,159[9], 2,805,396[10]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Official name: أم درمان[13]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Omdurman[14]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Omdurman[15]
  • Native label: أم درمان[16]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Omdurman[17]
  • Elevation above sea level: 178 m[18]
  • Area: 614.9 km²[19]

Why It Matters

Omdurman has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Omdurman is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Ahfad University Regional Institute of Gender Diversity Peace and Rights Alexander Siddig city El-Nasr University Gaafar Nimeiry Ismail al-Azhari Karary University Khartoum Omdurman Ahlia University Sudan University of Science and Technology – Omdurman University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gran enciclopèdia catalana id → —
    Yale lux id → place/c5abe558-c822-4466-a9ee-2852bb9092cf
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+614.9'}
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → —
    + 98 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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