Tuti Island
Tuti Island is mainly agricultural and where Khartoum gets most of its supply of fruits and vegetables. Several farms are situated all around the island, many of them still using manual methods of farming. Green fields and lime groves are also present.
Lifestyle
The ca. 4 km (1.5 sq mi) of land on the island are covered in citrus orchards, vegetable farms, gorse hedgerows and narrow muddy lanes where donkeys and rickshaws are the main source of transport.
The building of the Tuti Bridge has sparked development projects on Tuti Island, primarily by Tuti Island Investment Company, which plans to turn the Island into a state of the art tourist resort. These ideas have caused controversy, with the locals wishing to protect their village from becoming a tourist destination.
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