Al Amarat (Khartoum) the first district in Khartoum with high-rise buildings, and was originally called "South Amarat". It was planned to have both first class and second class buildings, and some people call it (Abboud) from their point of view. District of Al Amarat was one of the major achievement as the first government leading development. It was one of Great housing revolution developments in Sudan which bomber detonated by late General President Ibrahim Abboud. Alamart district of Khartoum features a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification "BSh") with a dry season occurring during "wintertime", typical of the Saharo-Sahelian zone which marks the
Bank of Khartoum Bank Misr's six branches became People's Cooperative Bank. Arab Bank's four branches became Red Sea Bank or Red Sea Commercial Bank (reports differ). Commercial Bank of Ethiopia's one branch became Juba Commercial Bank. National and Grindlays Bank's four branches, which Ottoman Bank had established, became Omdurman Bank. Then in 1973 the government merged Red Sea Bank and People's Cooperative Bank into Omdurman Bank. Eleven years later, Omdurman Bank merged with Juba Commercial Bank to form Unity Bank. In 1993, the government grouped Unity Bank, National Export Import Bank, and Bank of Khartoum into the Khartoum Bank Group. In 2002 the