Al Amarat district is known as a major residential area of the section called Khartoum 2.

The climate is extremely dry for most of the year, with about nine months, where average rainfall is lower than 5 mm (0.20 in).

[4] Al Amarat is one of the earlier prestigious neighbourhoods in Khartoum, considering its buildings, including modern shops, embassies and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa.

Al Amarat District offers several public or private elementary and secondary schools: Ibrahim Abboud was a Sudanese president, general, and political figure.

A career soldier, Abboud served in World War II in Egypt and Iraq.