Official Name: | El Geteina |
Settlement Type: | town |
Pushpin Map: | Sudan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sudan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sudan |
Subdivision Type1: | Admin. division |
Subdivision Name1: | White Nile |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 26,893[1] |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Subdivision Type3: | Control |
Subdivision Name3: | Rapid Support Forces |
Coordinates: | 14.8612°N 32.3692°W |
Area Code: | 0 (532) 821XXX, +249 (532) 821XXX, 0 (532) 822XXX |
El Geteina (also Al Qutaynah, Arabic: القطنية) is a small town located in the state of the White Nile in Sudan.The town is placed just a little bit upstream of the lake formed by the White Nile Dam.
On December 22nd, 2023, the RSF captured the city. Al Qutaynah was the first city in White Nile to fall to the RSF.