DONGOLA, New, or Marakah, stands on the left bank of the Nile, in Lat. 19. 7. 30. N., and Long. 29. 54. 35. E., according to Linant; but according to Rüppell, in Lat. 19. 10. 19. N., Long. 30. 22. 15. E. It has taken its rise within the last forty years; and is now a considerable town, and a resting-place for the caravans from Kordofan and Senaar. The bazaar is well supplied with shoes, printed cottons, calicoes, rice, sugar, coffee, hardware, &c. from Cairo. It has large barracks, and a manufactory for indigo. Pop. about 6000.