Gum Arabic Tree (Flowering)	Gum Arabic in West Sudan	Jebal Marra Water falls	Green View West Sudan
Jebal Marra View	Local Village Jebal Marra	Sunset View West Sudan	Village in Jebal Marra
Local Fruit & Veg Market	Jebel Mara volcano	Al Bagara Tribe Traditional Dance	Local Market
Local Villagers Gathering	Arabic Gum Trees	Jebal Marra Water falls	Camels West Sudan
Please click on Small image for larger version	El Fasher Local Market		Please click on Small image for larger version

Main Western Sudan Cities/Towns & Villages EL FASHER. Battle ground: El Fasher is one of the most important places in the desolate western regions of the Sudan. Controlling this area did earlier mean control over the caravan traffic running through the desert. This importance is gone now, and the town is no more than the commercial and administrative centre of a fairly poor region. In its heyday, a lot of wealth was assembled by the people living in El Fasher. The Sultanate of Fur had El Fasher as one of its principal cities, and the palace of the sultan still stands, and is accessible. It's now turned into a museum, and some of his ownings are there to see, among it his throne. NYALA. Old Sultanate capital: Nyala was the capital in the Sultanate of Fur from 15th century, and this kingdom lasted for several hundred years. Little is left of this past now. Much of the economical base of the city is wiped out after droughts in the 1980s. The situation of Nyala is one of its main attractions, just on the foot of the Darfur massif. Nyala serves in most cases as the base for treks going into these mountains, where Jabal Marra as the highest mountain around here, is the goal of   EN NAHUD - coming soon GENEINA - coming soon

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