The Kassala region had a child mortality rate of 62 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2014, slightly higher than the national average of 52 child deaths per 1,000.

The city is home to Kassala University, a public university established in 1990 to replace the East University, and an important institution for development in the east of Sudan.

The Khatmiyya Mosque, build in 1840 by the Ottomans and damaged during the Mahdist War, is the city's most important cultural site.
 It is an important site for the Sufi Khatmiyya order.
The Kassala region had a child mortality rate of 62 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2014, slightly higher than the national average of 52 child deaths per 1,000.
The city is home to Kassala University, a public university established in 1990 to replace the East University, and an important institution for development in the east of Sudan.
The Khatmiyya Mosque, build in 1840 by the Ottomans and damaged during the Mahdist War, is the city's most important cultural site.  It is an important site for the Sufi Khatmiyya order.
Kassala