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==Culture== [[File:Sudan National Museum (8625532907).jpg|thumb|[[National Museum of Sudan]]]] ===Museums=== The largest museum in Sudan is the [[National Museum of Sudan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicinafrica.net/directory/sudan-national-museum |title=Sudan National Museum; Bio |last=Shumba |first=Ano |date=2015-10-28 |website=Music in Africa |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051104/http://musicinafrica.net/directory/sudan-national-museum |url-status=live }}</ref> Founded in 1971, it contains works from different epochs of Sudanese history. Among the exhibits are two [[Egyptian temple]]s of [[Buhen]] and [[Semna]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/173 |title=The Rescue of Nubian Monuments and Sites |date=2017 |website=UNESCO |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207212136/http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/173/ |url-status=live }}</ref> originally built by Pharaoh [[Hatshepsut]] and Pharaoh [[Tuthmosis III]], respectively, but relocated to Khartoum upon the flooding of [[Lake Nasser]]. The [[Republican Palace Museum, Khartoum|Republican Palace Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.presidency.gov.sd/eng/page/the-museum |title=Palace Museum |date=2016 |website=Presidency of the Republic of Sudan |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707022818/http://www.presidency.gov.sd/eng/page/the-museum |archive-date=7 July 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> opened in 2000, is located in the former Anglican All Saints' cathedral<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.architecture.com/image-library/ribapix/image-information/poster/designs-for-the-cathedral-church-of-all-saints-khartoum-west-elevation-and-transverse-section-lookin/posterid/RIBA94025.html |title=Designs for the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Khartoum... |date=2017 |website=RIBApix |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105221254/https://www.architecture.com/image-library/ribapix/image-information/poster/designs-for-the-cathedral-church-of-all-saints-khartoum-west-elevation-and-transverse-section-lookin/posterid/RIBA94025.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> on Sharia al-Jama'a, next to the historical [[Presidential Palace]]. The Ethnographic Museum<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sudanembassy.org/index.php/museums-in-sudan |title=Museums in Sudan |website=The Embassy of the Republic of Sudan |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721202931/http://www.sudanembassy.org/index.php/museums-in-sudan |archive-date=21 July 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is located on Sharia al-Jama'a, close to the Mac Nimir Bridge. ===Botanical gardens=== Khartoum is home to one of the oldest botanical gardens in Africa, [[Sudan National Botanical Garden|National Botanical Garden]] in the Mogran district of the city.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Two Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps Affecting Ficus sycamorus (L.) Fruits in Khartoum State (Thesis) |last=Jibreel |first=T. J. O. |publisher=University of Khartoum department of Zoology |year=2010 |location=Khartoum, Sudan |pages=20โ22 |chapter=2 - Materials and Methods, Site of collection |chapter-url=http://khartoumspace.uofk.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/631/Jibreel_2010_2.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y |access-date=14 July 2017 |archive-date=19 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119132620/http://khartoumspace.uofk.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/631/Jibreel_2010_2.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Jami el kebir,Khartum.jpg|thumb|Great Mosque]] ===Clubs=== Khartoum is home to several clubs, including the [[Blue Nile Sailing Club]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.melik.org.uk/articles/nile-gunboats/the-blue-nile-sailing-club/ |title=The Blue Nile Sailing Club |last=Uloth |first=Tony |date=2011-01-18 |website=The Melik Society |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=29 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629195440/http://www.melik.org.uk/articles/nile-gunboats/the-blue-nile-sailing-club/ |url-status=live }}</ref> social clubs such as the German Club, the Greek Club, the Coptic Club, the Syrian Club and the International Club,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL7340156.html |title=Reuters.com |publisher=Africa.reuters.com |date=2009-02-09 |access-date=2014-05-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201094621/http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL7340156.html |archive-date=1 February 2013}}</ref> as well as football clubs [[Al Khartoum SC]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30521763 |title=Former Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah takes over at SC Khartoum |date=2014-12-17 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=2017-07-14 |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222053041/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30521763 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)|Al Ahli Khartoum]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/clubs/club=sudan-al-ahli-khartoum-2000005021/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215171729/https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/clubs/club=sudan-al-ahli-khartoum-2000005021/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 December 2018 |title=Al Ahli Khartoum |date=May 2017 |website=FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) |access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref> ===Places of worship=== The [[places of worship]] in Khartoum primarily consist of [[Islam|Muslim]] mosques.<ref>{{cite web |title=::ู ุณุงุฌุฏ ุงูุณูุฏุงู:: |url=http://www.sudanway.sd/features_mosques.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507031209/http://www.sudanway.sd/features_mosques.htm |archive-date=7 May 2015 |access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref><ref>Britannica, [https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudan Sudan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510172804/https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudan |date=10 May 2020 }}, britannica.com, USA, accessed on 7 July 2019</ref> There are also [[Christianity|Christian]] churches and temples: [[Copts in Sudan|Coptic Orthodox Church]], [[St. Matthew's Cathedral, Khartoum]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum]] ([[Catholic Church]]), [[Sudan Interior Church]] ([[Baptist World Alliance]]), the [[Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Khartoum|Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation]] and [[Presbyterian Church in Sudan]] ([[World Communion of Reformed Churches]]).
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