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El Geteina

Coordinates: 14°51′40.4″N 32°22′9.1″E / 14.861222°N 32.369194°E / 14.861222; 32.369194
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El Geteina
القطنية
town
El Geteina is located in Sudan
El Geteina
El Geteina
Location in Sudan
Coordinates: 14°51′40.4″N 32°22′9.1″E / 14.861222°N 32.369194°E / 14.861222; 32.369194
Country Sudan
Admin. divisionWhite Nile
ControlRapid Support Forces
Population
 (2008)
 • Total26,893[1]
Area code(s)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.

The War in Sudan (2023)

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On December 22nd, 2023, the RSF captured the city. Al Qutaynah was the first city in White Nile to fall to the RSF.[citation needed]

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