Muglad Explained

Official Name:Mujlad
Settlement Type:City
Image Alt:Muglad in front of ICRC office 2011
Pushpin Map:Sudan
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sudan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Sudan
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Kurdufan
Government Type:Federal government, tribal administration
Leader Title:commissioner, Alnadhir (tribe prince)
Leader Title1:Nadhir (tribe prince)
Leader Name1:Mukhtar Babo Nimir
Leader Title2:Naib Nadhir(deputy tribe prince)
Leader Name2:Muslam Mustafa
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Total:985000
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Blank2:Muslims
Coordinates:11.0339°N 27.74°W

Mujlad (Arabic: المجلد) is a city in West Kurdufan State in the west of Sudan. It is the center town of the Misseriya tribe, sometimes also transliterated as "Messeria" tribe.

In the late seventies, early eighties, Muglad was used as a staging area for oilfield operations, mainly by California-based Chevron, due to its location within the Muglad Basin.[1] At the Muglad airport, air operations were conducted in DC-3, Convair and also leased Hercules from Transamerica to link the PP West with the capital Khartoum, for personnel transportation and materials, goods, supplies and fuel. Twin-otter DHC-6s were used for single-pilot flights to the drilling-rig wellsites at jungle / desert sites, and the STOL characteristics were put the test at every mission. In these pre-GPS days, navigation was aided by the Omega-VLF system receivers mounted on the DHC-6.

Transport

It is served by a railway station on the Waw branch of Sudan Railways.

It is the junction for a branch line to the oil fields at Abu Jabra.

In late 70's and early 80's, the Muglad airfield was very active owing to the Chevron Aviation department operations to support oil exploration logistics. The type of aircraft included Twin Otter DHC6, DC3, Convair and Hercules.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sudan - Muglad Basin . NPA Satellite Mapping . 21 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517211442/http://www.npagroup.co.uk/oilandmineral/onshore/studies/country_sudan.htm . 17 May 2008.