Khartoum North, city, north central Sudan, in Khartoum Province, on the Blue Nile River just above its confluence with the White Nile near Khartoum. Served by a railroad, the city has dockyards, workshops, and meat-packing, textile-weaving, and brewing industries. Goods manufactured in the city include rubber products, concrete, and canvas shoes. Livestock, cotton, wheat, barley, and fruit are traded. Population (1983) 341,146.