Khartoum is the capital city of Sudan, in north-east Africa, where the Blue Nile and the White Nile meet. You will meet the name in geography and in the news.

Khartoum is the capital city of Sudan, in north-east AfricaKhartoum喀土穆是Sudan蘇丹的首都，位在非洲東北部, where the Blue Nile and the White Nile meet是Blue Nile藍尼羅河和White Nile白尼羅河匯合的地方。You will meet the name in geography and in the news你會在地理課和新聞裡遇到這個名字。

To many British people it still calls up a story from 1885: General Gordon was killed there in the Siege of Khartoum. That telling is older British history, and you will hear it more in Britain than in Taiwan.

To many British people it still calls up a story from 1885對很多英國人來說，這個地名還是會讓人想起1885年的一段故事: General Gordon was killed there in the Siege of KhartoumGeneral Gordon戈登將軍就是在the Siege of Khartoum喀土穆之圍中，在那裡被殺的。That telling is older British history這個說法屬於比較舊的英國歷史, and more in Britain than in Taiwan you will hear it比起在台灣，你會在英國更常聽到它。

Though actually, Khartoum is a living city, not only a chapter in a textbook. South Sudan is a different country now, with a different capital, Juba — so “the capital of Sudan” does not mean the whole old map.

Though actually不過其實, Khartoum is a living city, not only a chapter in a textbook喀土穆是一座活生生的城市，不只是課本裡的一個章節。South Sudan is a different country now, with a different capital, Juba現在South Sudan南蘇丹已經是另一個國家了，有自己的首都Juba朱巴 — so "the capital of Sudan" does not mean the whole old map所以「Sudan的首都」不再代表整張舊地圖。

As a place name the word is neutral; the Gordon story can sound like empire-history, which is one reason teachers in Taiwan may only need the geography first.

As a place name the word is neutral當作地名來說，這個字是中性的; the Gordon story can sound like empire-history戈登的故事聽起來比較像帝國史, which is one reason teachers in Taiwan may only need the geography first這也是為什麼台灣的老師可能只需要先教地理就好的原因之一。