Delgo, Sudan Explained

Official Name:	Delgo
Pushpin Map:	Sudan
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Sudan
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Sudan
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Northern
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:	Religions
Coordinates:	20.1167°N 64°W

Delgo (Arabic: دلقو) is a settlement in Northern Province, Sudan.^[1] The settlement is located on the east bank of the Nile River on the A1 Highway from Dongola to Wadi Halfa.

Kitchener's railroad formerly passed through the town, and the rail embankment is still clearly visible. The British had a district office at Delgo, but later downgraded it to a police post.^[2] Opposite from Delgo on the west bank of the Nile is the site of the ancient Nubian town of Sesibi^[3] where Amenhotep IV built a temple.^[4]

References

20.1167°N 64°W

Notes and References

1. Lee Broderick People with Animals: Perspectives and Studies in Ethnozooarchaeology 2016 -1785702505 "Delgo is a town of approximately 2500 people in the Mahas region in the Northern Province of Sudan"
2. British documents on foreign affairs Peter Woodward, Kenneth Bourne, Donald Cameron Watt - 1995 "This was the abolition of the district offices at Abri and Delgo in the Sukkot and Mahas areas and their reduction to the status of police posts."
3. Sophie Ibbotson, Max Lovell-Hoare Sudan 1841624136 - 2012 p141 "SESIBI. The ruins of the New Kingdom Egyptian town of Sesibi are on the west bank of the Nile, across from Delgo.
4. The Twilight Of Egypt p 82 1931446245 "Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) built the Temple of Sesibi, at Delgo."