Tewfekia Sudan

I have a cover from Sudan to Switzerland, with nice readable cancel of Tewfekia, does anybody know where this place is located? I went trough all maps but couldn't find this place, see scan, thanks for your help
Peter

I believe it was just north of Wadi Halfa, which will show up on current maps. This is very northern Sudan, right near the border with Egypt. There was a big British military presence in the area, and it was the start of a rail connection deeper into the interior.

It was commonly spelled Taufikia, and sometimes spelled Taoufichia or Taoufikia, as well. Here is a picture from 1906...note the ostriches...

Taufikia is located in the southern half of Sudan. This image is from a 1935 National Geographic map of Africa. A 1980 map does not show Taufikia.



Robert

Here's Taufikia courtesy of Google Earth. Doesn't seem to have changed much in 100 years.


Coordinates: lat 9.360017°, lon 31.599622°

Robert

Strange...I guess I'll go with the map.

thank you very much Trainwreck and Cjd for your interesting answers!