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6-703: Sinar State is delimited by Al-Gazira State in the north, The Blue Nile State in the south, Al-Gedaref State and the Sudanese Ethiopian borders in the east, and the White Nile State & the Upper Nile State of South Sudan in the west. It remains unknown whether Singa is the capital of Sennar State or whether the largest city Sennar (also known as Mukwar) is the capital, as some sources and maps list Singa and some list Sennar city. Other commercial towns include El-Suki and El-Dinder. The main economic activity

12-528: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Singa, Sudan Singa ( Arabic : سنجة ) is a town located in the Sennar State of Sudan at an elevation of 439 meters (1,440 feet) above sea level. The town is situated on the west bank of the Blue Nile at a distance of 360 kilometers (220 miles) to the southeast of the capital, Khartoum , and 60 kilometers from the city of Sennar . Its population

18-419: Is agriculture, with the irrigated scheme of Suki, the sugar factory of Sennar, and a number of fruit growers (including bananas and mangoes) located on the banks of the Blue Nile . In terms of education The University Of Sennar is the only higher education university throughout all the state, attended by all its residents. The state is famous for its Dinder National Park . This Sudan location article

24-594: The Neanderthals and the Peking Man . Currently the skull is in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London . Singa is served by several bank branches, a hospital, and a hotel. There is no airport in the town; the nearest airport is Kosti airport, at a distance of 129 kilometers (80 miles). A network of track roads and railways connects the city with its major neighboring towns and cities. In 2011,

30-742: The city was captured by the RSF during the Sudanese civil war . In November 2024 the Sudanese Armed Forces claimed to have retaken the city. Singa is notable for the archaeological discovery of an old human fossil, the ' Singa Skull ' which was discovered in Singa in 1924 by the British governor of Blue Nile Province. The skull is about 160,000 years old and belongs to the Stone Age , Pleistocene Age. It coincided with

36-528: Was recorded to be 259,000 in 2002. Singa, also spelled Sinjah , is the capital of Sennar State and is characterized by the diversity of its natural environment, habitat , water resources, and livestock. It remains publicly unclear whether Singa or Sennar is the state capital. A large veterinary research station has been founded in the city. Its economic activities vary from agriculture to pastoralism . Important crops are sorghum , gum arabic , and fruits such as guava , banana and mango . On 29 June 2024,

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