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Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm “Elephant Trunk” (see etymology) is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the point where the White Nile, flowing north from Uganda, meets the Blue Nile, flowing west from Ethiopia. The merger of the two Niles is known as “the Mogran”. The merged Nile flows north towards Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.

The city proper has a population of well over a million inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the country, but forms with its neighbours, linked by bridges, Khartoum North (al-Khartūm Bahrī) and Omdurman (Umm Durmān) a metropolis with a population totaling over eight million.

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This looks like it was copied from an encyclopedia entry. It contains only dry facts without any particular context. Why is the author stating these facts about Khartoum? It also isn’t interesting as it is; perhaps more information, especially with some personal views on the place, would help with that.

If you are going to use parentheses within parentheses, you need to make sure you close both sets; you have closed only one after “etymology”.