Official Name: | Al Jabalayn |
Other Name: | El Jebelein |
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 (state) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank1: | Shilluk, Collo |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 12.5853°N 32.8072°W |
Elevation M: | 380 |
Al Jabalayn (Arabic: الجبلين), also El Jebelein, is a town in central Sudan lying on the east bank of the River Nile.
It is served by a branch of the Sudan Railways where it is a terminus.On the 28–29th of December 1989, the "Al Jabaylin Massacre" took place in here.[1] The Government believes that about 150 - 250 were killed while local authorities estimate 4000 people died. The town was once part of the Shilluk Kingdom, belonging to the Shilluk people.