Karima, Sudan in the context of "Date cultivation in Dar al-Manasir"

18°32′N 31°50′E / 18.53°N 31.84°E / 18.53; 31.84

Napata /ˈnæpətə/ (Ancient Egyptian: Npt, Npy; Meroitic: 𐦩𐦧𐦵‎, romanized: Napate; Ancient Greek: Νάπατα and Ναπάται) was a city of ancient Kush at the fourth cataract of the Nile founded by the Egyptian Amun cult for Egyptian pilgrims given by its, as suggested, Egyptian name. It is located approximately 1.5 kilometers from the east side of the river at the site of modern Karima, Sudan.

Abu Hamad (Arabic: أبو حمد, Sudanese Arabic: [abuˈħamad]), also spelled Abu Hamed, is a town of Sudan on the right bank of the Nile, 345 mi (555 km) by rail north of Khartoum. It stands at the centre of the great S-shaped bend of the Nile, and from it the railway to Wadi Halfa strikes straight across the Nubian Desert, a little west of the old caravan route to Korosko. The population of Abu Hamad is 69,056. A branch railway, 138 mi (222 km) long, from Abu Hamad goes down the right bank of the Nile to Karima in the Dongola mudiria.

A 19th-century traveler described the town:

Merowe is a town in Northern State, Sudan, near Karima Town, about 330 kilometres (210 mi) north of Khartoum. It borders the Nile and is the site of the Merowe Dam project, the largest contemporary hydropower project in Africa.