Al Qadarif, also spelt Gedaref, Gedarif or El Gadarif, is the capital of the state of Al Qadarif in Sudan. It lies on the road that connects Khartoum with Gallabat on the Ethiopian border, about 410 kilometers from the capital. Al Qadarif is surrounded by a group of mountains from three sides. The city represents an excellent example for the intermingled ethnicities through the middle of Sudan. Recently, a university has been established in it.
The main feature of the city from old times is the grain silo built by the Russians to store sorghum. The town is famous for its daily sesame seed auctions. The word Gedaref is deprived from the Arabic phrase (Alli qada-Ye-rif), meaning: He who had finished selling or buying should leave. The word was latter converted to Al-Gadarif.
The story of the name begins when Arab nomad tribes roaming the area of Butana plains in the Mid-east of the Sudan chose the place where the city is built as a market place called Suq Abu Sinn (the Market of Abu Sin) where the nomads exchange their commercial commodities with indigenous people. When the sun sets, a herald used to call at the people (AIli qada-ye-rif … Alli qada-ye-rif!); asking every one who has finished his deal in the market to leave so that the market could be closed in time.

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