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state of Northern
on the
shores of Lake Nubia (the Sudanese section of Lake Nasser
). It is the terminus of a rail line from
Khartoum
and the
point at which goods are transferred from rail to ferries going
down the Nile River. The city has
a population of about 15,725 (2007).
Wadi Halfa RR Hotel 1936
. The modern town was founded in the nineteenth
century and is chiefly known as the headquarters (1895-1898) of the
British
-led forces
seeking to defeat the forces of Muhammad
Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi.
The rail
line up the Nile was originally begun in 1897 to support this
military buildup; it extends, via Atbara
, to El Obeid
and beyond into southern and western Sudan.
During World War II, Wadi Halfa was a
communications post for Allied forces in
Africa. The town's present-day industries
include a Chinese-built fish processing plant. Most of the town was
relocated after the construction of the Aswan High Dam due to
flooding.
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