Er Rahad

Er Rahad ٱلـرَّهَـد Abu-Dokkanah
Town
Er Rahad Location in Sudan
Coordinates:12°43′N30°39′E
Country	Sudan
State	North Kurdufan
Time zone	UTC+3

Ar-Rahad(Arabic:ٱلـرَّهَـد,"The Water-shrine" ) is a city located in the state of North Kordofan, Sudan, at an altitude of 490 metres (1,610 feet) above sea level. It is about 379 kilometres (235 miles) away from the capital, Khartoum. It is a major railway station linking East and Central Sudan and the West, which is also a market for crops, especially hibiscus as well as livestock and also urban centers for nomadic shepherds in the region. It is the second largest local resource in North Kordofan after the Shikan locality.

History

The region had a resistance movement against the Turkish-Egyptian rule during theMahdia revolutionled by Sheikh Mana Ismail Abu al-Batul, one of the leaders of the Juma'a tribe, who occupied the center of the titans before moving to the city of Bara and defeating its military protection and occupation and cutting supply routes fromKhartoumtoKordofan.White City by the Mahdi in 1883. Al-Rahad also received some supporters of the revolution and its Mujahideen, where Sharif Yusuf al-Hindi, who was martyred in the battle of Sheikan before the fall of theEl-Obeid.Today there is a shrine in the city of Al-Rahad

Geography

The city of Al-Rahd is located between long lines 30,18 and 31.21 and latitudes 12.45 and 13.42 in the southern part of NorthKordofanstate. It is bordered to the south by SouthKordofanState, to the east and north byUmm Rawabaand to the west by Shikan. There is a river calledRahad.

Climate

Al-Rahad has a tropical climate characterized by warm summers and mild winters, with a peak temperature from April to June, averaging 36 °C (97 °F), while the temperature drops significantly in November and December to record 15 and 19 °C (59 and 66 °F), respectively. Rain falls in the summer, with the highest in June, 134 mm (5.3 in) on average, July 128 mm (5.0 in) in August and an average of 67 mm (2.6 in)

See also

• Northeast Africa