Elevation of towns in Sudan

102 towns in Sudan have a reading on the GMTED2010 grid. The highest is Kutum (Šamāl Dārfūr) at 1,135 m (3,724 ft); the lowest is Sawākīn (al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar) at 4 m (13 ft). Half of the towns sit above 420 m (the mean is 446 m).

Highest towns in Sudan

#TownElevation
1Kutum Šamāl Dārfūr1,135 m (3,724 ft)
2Zalinjay Ġarb Dārfūr892 m (2,927 ft)
3Sinkāt al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar868 m (2,848 ft)
4al-Junaynah Ġarb Dārfūr790 m (2,592 ft)
5al-Fāšir Šamāl Dārfūr747 m (2,451 ft)
6ad-Dillinj Janūb Kurdufān691 m (2,267 ft)
7Niyālā Janūb Dārfūr660 m (2,165 ft)
8al-Kurumuk an-Nīl-al-Azraq654 m (2,146 ft)
9Doka al-Qad̨ārif650 m (2,133 ft)
10Gabait al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar647 m (2,123 ft)

Lowest towns in Sudan

#TownElevation
1Sawākīn al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar4 m (13 ft)
2Ţawkar al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar22 m (72 ft)
3Būr Sūdān al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar87 m (285 ft)
4Wādī H̨alfā aš-Šamālīyah184 m (604 ft)
5Karmah-an-Nuzul aš-Šamālīyah223 m (732 ft)
6Argu aš-Šamālīyah223 m (732 ft)
7Dunqulā aš-Šamālīyah227 m (745 ft)
8ad-Dabbah aš-Šamālīyah242 m (794 ft)
9Marawī aš-Šamālīyah255 m (837 ft)
10Kurimah aš-Šamālīyah257 m (843 ft)

Regions of Sudan

RegionTownsMeanHighest townLowest town
Janūb Kurdufān10547 m ad-Dillinj 691 m al-Mijlad 434 m
Kassalā6466 m al-Masnah 507 m Wagar 420 m
Khartoum3387 m Umm Durmān 392 m Khartoum 384 m
Nahr-an-Nil7356 m Kabūšīyah 364 m al-Bawga 343 m
Sinnār10434 m Galgani 454 m Sinnār 426 m
al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar5326 m Sinkāt 868 m Sawākīn 4 m
al-Jazīrah18403 m Miallayab 418 m Wad Rāwah 391 m
al-Qad̨ārif6528 m Doka 650 m al-H̨awātah 443 m
an-Nīl-al-Abyad̨14393 m Kinānah 437 m Umm Jarr 380 m
an-Nīl-al-Azraq3532 m al-Kurumuk 654 m ar-Ruşayriş 454 m
aš-Šamālīyah7230 m Kurimah 257 m Wādī H̨alfā 184 m
Šamāl Dārfūr3827 m Kutum 1,135 m Umm Kaddādah 600 m
Šamāl Kurdufān6525 m al-Ubayyid̨ 575 m Umm Ruwābah 457 m

All towns in Sudan