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El Daein
Eastern Darfur · Sudan
City population
264,734
#11
in Sudan
#1
in Eastern Darfur
#2,158
worldwide
11.462, 26.126 · 828 km from Khartoum
About El Daein
El Daein is a city in Eastern Darfur, Sudan with a population of 264,734. It is the 11th largest of the 75 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sudan, and the 2,158th largest worldwide. It lies 828 km from Khartoum.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Eastern Darfur
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
478 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Khartoum
Coordinates
11.462, 26.126
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 75 in SudanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.