New Halfa Scheme
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new-halfa-scheme-9-11023
title:
New Halfa Scheme
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The New Halfa Project in Sudan is a 164,000 feddan site constructed in 1964 to house 50,000 Nubians displaced from Wadi Halfa, a town situated on the Nile near the border with Egypt, which was flooded when Lake Nasser formed behind the Aswan Dam. The site draws its water from the Atbara River, where the Khashm el Girba Dam provides a reliable source for the irrigation project intended to convert the nomads of the area to farmers of cotton and sugar. Amongst the problems faced by the settlers hav
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Human settlement in Sudan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Halfa_Scheme
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2021-04-07T08:29:02Z
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