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.

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Wadi Halfa British  

/ ˈwɒdɪ ˈhælfə /

noun

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

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Wadi Halfa

But there is almost no infrastructure in Wadi Halfa and people wait in queues for hours to be processed.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024

Sayyed and his family arrived in Wadi Halfa after a two-day journey from Khartoum.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

He later made his way to Wadi Halfa, a city 30km from the Egyptian border which he hopes to cross in the coming weeks.

From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2023

Instead, there were large numbers of private transport vehicles, all filled with people heading towards northern cities such as Merowe, Dongola, and Wadi Halfa.

From BBC ● May 4, 2023

The practical result was that the khedive’s authority was limited to the Nile valley north of Wadi Halfa.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

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