The Sudanese government and the private Sudan…

1924 CE to 1935 CE

The Sudanese government and the private Sudan Plantations Syndicate launches the Gezira Scheme (Gezira is also seen as Jazirah) in 1911 to provide a source of high-quality cotton for Britain's textile industry.

An irrigation dam near Sennar, completed in 1925, brings a much larger area in Al Jazirah under cultivation.

Planters send cotton by rail from Sennar to Port Sudan for shipment abroad. 

Gezira Scheme makes cotton the mainstay of the country's economy and turns the region into Sudan's most densely populated area.

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Sannar > Sennar Al-Wusta Sudan View →

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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian View → Egypt, Kingdom of (British Protectorate) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View →

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