Branko

Branko lies in the Blue Nile country of central Sudan, on the edge of the Gezira plain. The river's seasonal floods shape its banks and islands, while the rain-fed lands to the east extend into the Butana. Farmers along this part of the Nile combined cultivation near the river with the use of rain-fed fields and herds. The river country once belonged to the medieval kingdom of Alwa, whose capital stood at Soba downstream.