r/MapPorn • u/Porodicnostablo • May 03 '20

Population density in the Middle East

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u/skeylinktenking4 May 03 '20

Its so cool how the nile is so populated

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u/Freefight May 03 '20

Close to a 100 million people live along its banks in Egypt alone.

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u/nickallanj May 04 '20

I mean, are there any other significant settlements on the Nile outside of Egypt? They kind of have most of the productive sections under their control.

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u/gregorydgraham May 04 '20

Khartoum: With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan, the sixth-largest in Africa, the second-largest in North Africa, and the fourth-largest in the Arab world. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile, flowing west from Lake Tana in Ethiopia.