Editing Khartoum State (section)

==Etymology==
There are several etymologies for the name of Khartoum. The explanation suggested as "most correct" by the state government's website<ref name=Khartoum_govt_history>{{cite web|url=http://www.krt.gov.sd/abouten.php |date=2011 |publisher=Khartoum State Information Center |title=Historical background |access-date=1 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326182430/http://krt.gov.sd/abouten.php |archive-date=2014-03-26 }}</ref> is that it comes from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] for "elephant's trunk", which describes the shape of the site of the city at the confluence of the two Niles, where a stretch of land extends into the water. Other stories are that it is a corruption of "gurtoum", the name for seeds of the [[sunflower]] plant, supposedly used by Roman invaders at the current site of Khartoum to treat soldiers' wounds, or that it was derived from the words "Khor al-Tom".<ref name=Khartoum_govt_history />