Omdurman

E64455

city human settlement

Omdurman is a major city in Sudan, historically significant as a cultural and commercial center and effectively forming part of the country’s greater capital area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Omdurman canonical	32
Omdurman locality	2
Omdurman, Sudan	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ human settlement ⓘ
adjacentTo	Khartoum ⓘ Khartoum North ⓘ
capitalOf	Khartoum state ⓘ surface form: Khartoum State
climate	hot desert climate ⓘ
country	Sudan ⓘ
economyType	services ⓘ small-scale industry ⓘ trade ⓘ
foundedBy	Mahdist Sudan ⓘ surface form: Mahdist state Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	Omdurman Islamic University ⓘ Sudan National Museum annexes and sites nearby ⓘ Sudan National Theatre ⓘ
hasFunction	administrative center ⓘ residential center ⓘ transport hub ⓘ
hasLandmark	Khalifa House Museum ⓘ Mahdi’s tomb ⓘ Omdurman Bridge connections to Khartoum ⓘ Omdurman Market (Souq Omdurman) ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitution	numerous mosques ⓘ
hasRole	commercial center of Sudan ⓘ cultural capital of Sudan ⓘ political center of Sudan in the late 19th century ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Egyptian condominium period Mahdist Sudan ⓘ surface form: Mahdist era
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Khartoum state ⓘ surface form: Khartoum State
locatedInContinent	Africa ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Northeast Africa ⓘ
locatedOn	western bank of the Nile ⓘ western bank of the White Nile ⓘ
notableFor	Mahdist historical sites ⓘ traditional Sudanese music ⓘ traditional markets ⓘ
partOf	Greater Khartoum metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Greater Khartoum Greater Khartoum metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Khartoum metropolitan area
populationRankInSudan	one of the largest cities in Sudan ⓘ
religionMajority	Islam ⓘ
riverCrossingWith	Khartoum via bridges over the Nile ⓘ
significantEvent	Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan ⓘ Battle of Omdurman ⓘ became capital of the Mahdist state ⓘ
significantEventDate	2 September 1898 ⓘ
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+2 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khartoum → formsMetropolitanAreaWith → Omdurman ⓘ

Khartoum North → locatedOpposite → Omdurman ⓘ

Khartoum North → formsUrbanAreaWith → Omdurman ⓘ

Mahdist Sudan → capital → Omdurman ⓘ

Khartoum state → contains → Omdurman ⓘ

subject surface form: Khartoum State

Khartoum state → hasSubdivision → Omdurman ⓘ

subject surface form: Khartoum State

this entity surface form: Omdurman locality

Khartoum state → hasMajorCity → Omdurman ⓘ

subject surface form: Khartoum State

Sudanese pound → usedIn → Omdurman ⓘ

Battle of Omdurman → location → Omdurman ⓘ

Alexander Siddig → placeOfBirth → Omdurman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omdurman, Sudan

Greater Khartoum metropolitan area → contains → Omdurman ⓘ

Greater Khartoum metropolitan area → hasMajorCity → Omdurman ⓘ

Mahdist Ansar forces → headquarters → Omdurman ⓘ

National Assembly building, Omdurman → locatedIn → Omdurman ⓘ

National Assembly building, Omdurman → city → Omdurman ⓘ

Abdallahi ibn Muhammad → capitalEstablishedAt → Omdurman ⓘ

Abdallahi ibn Muhammad → powerBase → Omdurman ⓘ

Bahri → separatedFrom → Omdurman ⓘ

Al-Khartum Bahri → locatedOpposite → Omdurman ⓘ

Al-Khartum Bahri → connectedByBridgesTo → Omdurman ⓘ

Al-Khartum Bahri → formsCapitalAreaWith → Omdurman ⓘ

Sadiq al-Mahdi → birthPlace → Omdurman ⓘ

Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab → placeOfBirth → Omdurman ⓘ

Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim → placeOfBirth → Omdurman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omdurman, Sudan

Mansour Khalid → placeOfBirth → Omdurman ⓘ

al-Mahdi → deathPlace → Omdurman ⓘ

al-Mahdi → capitalOfFoundedState → Omdurman ⓘ

al-Mahdi → burialPlace → Omdurman ⓘ

Umbadda locality → hasCapital → Omdurman ⓘ

Umbadda locality → borderWith → Omdurman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omdurman locality

Omdurman Islamic University → locatedIn → Omdurman ⓘ

Sudan National Theatre → locatedIn → Omdurman ⓘ

Sudan National Theatre → regionServed → Omdurman ⓘ

Khalifa House Museum → locatedIn → Omdurman ⓘ

Omdurman Market (Souq Omdurman) → locatedInCity → Omdurman ⓘ

subject surface form: Omdurman Market

Mahdi’s tomb → locatedIn → Omdurman ⓘ