Republican Palace, Khartoum

Republican Palace
Republican Palace
القصر الجمهوري
	The Old Republican Palace in 1940
Former names	Hakimadaria Palace (1828 – 1885); Governor-General's Palace (1900 – 1956); Republican Palace (1956 – 1971); People's Palace (1971 – 1985); Republican Palace (1985 – 2015); New Republican Palace (since 2015)
General information
Type	Presidential Palace
Architectural style	English Palladian architecture (Old Republican Palace); Islamic architecture (New Republican Palace)
Location	Nile street
Town or city	Khartoum
Country	Sudan
Coordinates	15°36′33″N 32°31′40″E / 15.60917°N 32.52778°E
Completed	Hakimadaria Palace (1825 – 1828; 3 years); Governor-General's Palace (1899 – 1900; 1 year); New Republican Palace (2010 – 2015; 4 years)
Opened	Hakimadaria Palace (1828 – 1885; 56–57 years); (Old) Republican Palace (1900); New Republican Palace (26 January 2015)
Owner	Turkish Sudan (1828 – 1885); Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1900 – 1955); Government of Sudan (since 1956)
Grounds	150,000 m2 (1,600,000 sq ft)
Other information
Facilities	Republican Palace Museum; Republican Guard HQ; General Gordon's Last Stand's staircase
Website
	www.presidency.gov.sd

The Sudanese Republican Palace (Arabic: القصر الجمهوري, al-Qaṣr al-Jumhūriy) complex is the official residence of the president of Sudan, located in the capital city of Khartoum. It mainly consists of the Old Republican Palace built in 1830 and the New Republican Palace built in 2015. The Republican Palace has historical and cultural significance in Sudan. The palace is not open to the public, but there is a museum located behind it that visitors can explore.

The Republican Palace is a political symbol in Sudan. Postage stamps and banknotes have carried its image. The Palace name is given to the main street leading to it from the south, which was formerly known as Victoria Street. The Republican Palace is considered one of the main architectural landmarks in Khartoum, and it overlooks the southern bank of the Blue Nile River, near the confluence of the Blue and White Niles.

Ceremonies for presenting credentials to ambassadors of foreign countries and official country ceremonies take place in the Palace. The Republican Palace has a history full of historical events, starting with the killing of Charles Gordon, the ruler of British Sudan, during the Turco-Egyptian colonisation of Sudan at the hands of the supporters of the Mahdist revolution, up to the first celebration of Sudan's independence from the Anglo-Egyptian colonisation and the lowering of the flags of the colonial administration and the raising of the flag of the Sudanese Republic in January 1956.