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El Daein الضعين | |
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  El Daein | |
| Coordinates:11°27′39″N26°7′42″E / 11.46083°N 26.12833°E /11.46083; 26.12833 | |
| Country |  Sudan |
| State | East Darfur |
| Control |  Rapid Support Forces |
| Government | |
| • Type | locality |
| • Mayor | Siddigh abdel-Nabi Hassan |
| Elevation | 1,476 ft (449 m) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 264,734 (Census) |
El Daein (also speltAd Du'ayn,Ad Da'en orEd Da'ein;Arabic:الضعين) is a city located in southwesternSudan. It lies about 831 km from the capitalKhartoum and has population of about 300,000 people.
El Daein is the capital of thestate ofEast Darfur, created in January 2012, and is located at the crossroads of the states of theDarfur region and Khartoum. It is located 157.4 km away from the city ofNyala inSouth Darfur and 180.6 km fromAl Mijlad inSouth Kordofan.
The city was founded by Barsham (Haskanet) bin Abd al-Hamid, and theRizeigat tribe to which Madboo bin Ali bin Barsham belonged, settled in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries AD. The city's history witnessed clashes between it and the rulers and tribes of the neighboring regions, such as theFur tribe in western Sudan and theDinka in southern Sudan. The Rizeigat were subservient to the Sultan of Darfur and, on behalf of the Sultan of Fur, fought Zubair Pasha who defeated them twice on his way to conquer Darfur and annex it to theOttoman Sultanate and their Viceroy in Egypt.
The Rizeigat joined the Mahdist Revolution in Sudan and pledged allegiance to the Mahdi in Mount Qadeer in 1882 AD and their leader, Maddo, participated in the Shalali battle that the Mahdi led against the soldiers of Turkish-Egyptian rule in the region.
On 27 and 28 March 1987, the city witnessed anethnic massacre, when armedRizeigat killed over 1,000Dinkas.[1]
On 22 November 2023, the city wascaptured and is currently occupied by theRapid Support Forces during theWar in Sudan (2023).
The city is linked by rail to Khartoum in the east and Nyala city to the west and is a centre of local trade inwheat,peanuts,barley andlivestock. The city is served by theEd Daein Airport (IATA:ADV).[2][3]