{"id":333200,"date":"2025-04-17T11:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=333200"},"modified":"2025-04-18T19:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:12:22","slug":"tuti-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tuti-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuti Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News- <\/strong>After two years of brutal civil war, Sudan\u2019s Tuti Island has been retaken by the national army, but it remains ravaged and largely abandoned.<strong> Tuti Island<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About Tuti Island<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>&#8211; It is located at the confluence of the <em>Blue and White Niles<\/em> in Khartoum, <em>Sudan<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bordering urban centres<\/strong>&#8211; It is surrounded by the &#8220;Three Towns&#8221;: <em>Khartoum (Sudan&#8217;s capital),<\/em> <em>Omdurman (the country&#8217;s largest city)<\/em>, and <em>Khartoum North<\/em> (also called Bahri, a major industrial area).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>The island covers 8 square kilometres and was traditionally <em>known for farming and fishing<\/em>, earning it the nickname \u201c<em>Khartoum\u2019s garden<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>It is culturally important to the <em>Mahas community<\/em>, who settled there in the 15th century, making it a symbol of local identity and sustainable living.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flood management system<\/strong>&#8211; Due to its location, Tuti has always been susceptible to floods. \u202fIn response to increasing flood events, the community developed its own flood management system-<em> The Taya system<\/em>.\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>HEART project<\/em> (Heritage Empowered Action for Risk in Tuti) was launched to preserve the Taya system&#8217;s knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Sudan<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_333201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333201\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-333201\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sudan.png?resize=476%2C269&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sudan -Tuti island\" width=\"476\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sudan.png?w=604&amp;ssl=1 604w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sudan.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- BBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table style=\"height: 90px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.9394%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.0606%; height: 30px;\">Sudan is located in <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Northeast Africa.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.9394%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Borders of Sudan<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.0606%; height: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Egypt to the north, Eritrea to the northeast, Ethiopia to the southeast, Libya to the northwest, South Sudan to the south, and the Red Sea.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.9394%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Geographical Area<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.0606%; height: 30px;\">It was the largest country by area in Africa and the Arab League until the secession of South Sudan in 2011.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News- After two years of brutal civil war, Sudan\u2019s Tuti Island has been retaken by the national army, but it remains ravaged and largely abandoned. 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