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Wadi Halfa

American  
[wah-dee hahl-fuh] / ˈwɑ di ˈhɑl fə /

noun

  1. a former town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: now under the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam in S Egypt.


Wadi Halfa British  
/ ˈwɒdɪ ˈhælfə /

noun

  1. a town in the N Sudan that was partly submerged by Lake Nasser: an important archaeological site

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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People in Sudan can apply for an Egyptian visa in two places - Wadi Halfa in the north and Port Sudan in the east.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024

The other main route remains more chaotic, through the Sudanese town of Wadi Halfa, about a half hour drive from the border with Egypt.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2023

Half the group continued on to Egypt while the rest settled in a school in Wadi Halfa, sleeping in a classroom with three other families.

From Reuters • May 8, 2023

From Khartoum to a border town, Wadi Halfa, they rode about 18 hours, through six checkpoints guarded by armed men.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

To protect the new border of the kingdom, he caused fortresses to be erected a little above the falls of the Wadi Halfa, at Semne and Kumne, about 250 miles south of Syene.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

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