Abu Hamad

Abu Hamad
Abu Hamad Location in Sudan
Coordinates: 19°32′36″N 33°20′16″E
Country	Sudan
Admin. division	River Nile State

Abu Hamad (Arabic: أبو حمد), also spelt 'Abu Hamed') is a town of Sudan on the right bank of the Nile, 345 mi by rail north of Khartoum. It stands at the centre of the great S-shaped bend of the Nile, and from it the railway to Wadi Halfa strikes straight across the Nubian desert, a little west of the old caravan route to Korosko. A branch railway, 138 mi long, from Abu Hamad goes down the right bank of the Nile to Karima in the Dongola mudiria.

The town is named after a celebrated sheikh buried here, by whose tomb travellers crossing the desert used formerly to deposit all superfluous goods, the sanctity of the saint's tomb ensuring their safety.

Climate

Climate data for Abu Hamad
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	28 (82)	30 (86)	34 (93)	38 (100)	41 (105)	43 (109)	41 (105)	41 (105)	42 (107)	39 (102)	33 (91)	29 (84)	36.3 (97.4)
Average low °C (°F)	12 (53)	13 (55)	17 (62)	21 (69)	24 (75)	27 (80)	26 (78)	27 (80)	27 (80)	23 (73)	19 (66)	14 (57)	20.6 (69.0)
Precipitation cm (inches)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0.1)	1 (0.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.4)
Source: Weatherbase

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Abu Hamed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.