Ad Damazin is the capital of Blue Nile State

Blue Nile (state)

Blue Nile called Central from 1991 until 1994, is one of the 15 states of Sudan. It was established by Presidential Decree Nº3 in 1992 and is named after the Blue Nile River. It has an area of 45,844 km² and an estimated population of 1,193,293 . The Central Bureau of Statistics quoted the...

 in Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

. It is the location of the Roseires Dam

Roseires Dam

The Roseires Dam is a dam on the Blue Nile at Ad Damazin, just upstream of the town of Er Roseires, in Sudan. It consists of a concrete buttress dam 1 km wide with a maximum height of 68m, and an earth dam on either side. The earth dam on the eastern bank is 4 km long, and that on the...

 and power generation plant.

Ad Damazin is served by a terminal station of a branch line of the national railway network. However, the train service to Ad Damazin has been discontinued many years ago. Instead the town can be reached from Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...

 via a decent tarmac road and by plane. However, Ad Damazin Airport

Damazin Airport

Damazin Airport is an airport serving Damazin in Sudan....

 is mainly served by UNMIS or government flights.

Ad-Damazin is currently the Capital of Blue Nile State, with Malik Agar

Malik Agar

Malik Agar is a Sudanese politician. In the 1990s, he was the commander of a section of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement military forces along the Sudanese-Ethiopian border south of the Blue Nile to Geissan....

 Eyre as the current Governor. Malik Agar Eyre is the SPLM/A chairman for the State of Blue Nile. The Governor also is the Deputy SPLM to the SPLM/A Commander in Chief Salva Kirr Mayardit.

Blue Nile University

Blue Nile University

Blue Nile University is a public university located in Damazeen, Sudan.It was established in 1995.It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World....

(Jameat Al Neel Alazarg) is a public university located in Ad Damazin, established in 1995.