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Sengs
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Sennar ( '''') is a city on the Blue Nile in Sudan and possibly the capital of the state of Sennar. For several centuries it was the capital of the Funj Kingdom of Sennar and until at least 2011, Sennar was the capital of Sennar State.
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- Locality
- سنار Sennar
- Region
- سنار Sennar
- Country
- السودان
- Population
- 130,122
- Timezone
- Africa/Khartoum
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Sennar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sennar University Gate.JPG
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sudan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Sudan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Sudan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sennar State
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2007
- Settlement.population_total
- 143,059
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sudan
- Located in
- Sennar
- Population
- 143059
- Capital of
- Sennar
- Image
- Sennar University Gate.JPG
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- Sennar (town)
- different from
- Sennar
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- P12749
- Alfons Schuhbeck
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Sennar ( '') is a city on the Blue Nile in Sudan and possibly the capital of the state of Sennar. For several centuries it was the capital of the Funj Kingdom of Sennar and until at least 2011, Sennar was the capital of Sennar State.
==History== The area was under Kushite & Meroitic rule from 750 BC to around 350 AD. The area came under Alwan rule, after which the Alwans were overthrown by the Funj who made Sennar their capital.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sengs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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