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Umm Badir  ( Arabic أم بادر) is a town in North Kurdufan in  Sudan at an altitude of 691 meters above sea level (2270 feet). It lies at distance of about 319 kilometers (198 miles) west to the Capital Khartoum.

Umm Bader is located on the shores of seasonal Lake know as the Lake of  Umm badr  mid  way  Khartoum to  El Fasher. The town is a major center for the Kewahla, one of the major tribes in the Sudan, and is rich in natural resources and mineral  such as Gold.

The town is accmodated with one rural hospital. The nearst international air port is in Al Ubayyid city some 237 kilometers (169 miles) away. There is no railway connections to the town, but a some roads are to be found which lead to many major neighbouring cities such as Al Nuhud, Hamrat el sheik,  Barah and  Al Ubayyid.

The Topography of the area is dominated by seasonal wadis and small scattered high rocky mountains,   hills  and  dunes of red sands as well as seasonal vegetation  round the wadis during the rainy season. Recently a dam construction has been built to impound rain water. Lake umm badr is the main water surface feature in the area.

Dr. Kurt Beck a German anthropologist and Professor in Bayreuth International School of African Studies, University of Bayreuth, has settled in Umm Badr for a long time. The British explorer and writer   Michael Asher, author of  «A Desert Dies», lived in Umm Bader for some years  among the Kewahla Arab nomadic and pastoral tribe who zoom the desert and the savanna regions in the area.