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Town in the Northern Province of the Sudan,
above the third cataract on the river Nile.
It was founded about 1812 to replace Old
Dongola, 120 km/75 mi up river, which was
destroyed by the Mamelukes. The latter, a
trading centre on a caravan route, was the
capital of the Christian kingdom of Nubia
between the 6th and 14th centuries.