Khartoum

Sudan

Khartoum, also spelled Khartum, is the capital and most populous city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan.

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Country: Sudan
Population: 4,754,000
Latitude: 15.59° N
Longitude: 32.53° E

Which way is Khartoum from…

From Paris, Khartoum lies at 133° to the south-east, 4,602 km as the crow flies.

Paris	133° south-east	4,602 km
London	132° south-east	4,932 km
New York	67° north-east	10,215 km
Madrid	118° south-east	4,451 km
Rome	141° south-east	3,498 km
Montreal	68° east	9,979 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	327° north-west	4,765 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Khartoum spreads out where the Blue Nile meets the White Nile, due south of Ankara: 181° on the compass, 2,707 km away. From London, aim south-east, at 132°, for 4,932 km; from New York, a flat map would say 105°, east, but the compass reads 67°, north-east. Asmara, for its part, is 687 km due east.