Banganarti

Banganarti بنقنارتي
Banganarti site in 2014
Banganarti Location of Banganarti in Sudan
Coordinates: 18°10′0″N 30°47′06″E / 18.16667°N 30.78500°E / 18.16667; 30.78500
Country	Sudan
State	Northern
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)

Banganarti (Arabic: بنقنارتي Nobiin: Bángànarti (Island of the Locust)^[1] is a small village in Sudan, about halfway between the third and fourth cataract of the Nile. It is situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Old Dongola, the capital of Makuria. Banganarti was an important Christian pilgrim center; the remains of a substantial medieval church are near the village (18.166736,30.784785).