Transportation and Communication
The city is served by a station on the national railway network. It is linked with the capital Khartoum via Wad Medani city by a net of roads, railway, airway, and seasonal direct roads. It is also linked to Port Sudan city with roads and railway through Kassala at a distance of about 200 km. There are also roads to the Gallabat at the edge of the boundary with Ethiopia connecting Gedarif with the Ethiopian city of Gonder, and from there to the Ethiopian capital Addis Abeba. The city has also an airport at Al-azaza area called Gedaref Azaza Airport (its international air port code in IATA is GSU, and in ICAO is HSGF).
The Gedaref State Broadcasting was established in 1995 with a frequency of 1485 kHz . A television station was followed in 1996 with a range of 50 km.
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