Jabal Awliya
{{Short description|Village in north-central Sudan}}
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Jabal Awliya ({{Langx|ar|جبل أولياء}}, Jabal al Awliyā', Jebel Aulia, Gebel Aulia) is a village in the north-central part of Sudan, about {{cvt|40|km}} south of Khartoum. Nearby is the Jebel Aulia Dam, built in 1937 by the British for the Egyptian government. Jabal Awliya became a refuge camp during the Second Sudanese Civil War, housing more than 100,000 inhabitants.
Jabal Awliya Airport
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The airport hosts Sudanese Air Force along with Sudanese Army and police.
The airport hosts three helicopter squadrons (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-17, Mil Mi-24, Mil Mi-35) from the base.{{cite web | url=https://www.scramble.nl/planning/orbats/sudan/sudan-air-force#HSFS528 | title=Orbats }} There is a short runway but only used as helipad with markings found midway.
On 26 February 1996, a C-130 transport plane of the Sudanese military crashed at Jabal Awliya, killing all 91 people on board.
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{{Airports in Sudan}}
{{Districts of Khartoum}}
Category:Populated places in Khartoum State
Category:Populated places in White Nile State
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