Simit island lies in the northern state in the locality of Wadi Halfha on the southern borders of ALmahas of 18 kilometers south west karma Elnuzul

In the past dwellers of this island have worked in the industry and trade of boats between Simit and Wadi Halfa, Simit and Karima in a winter journey and another summer one.

They did this besides the farming. With the progress of time conditions changed they became proper farmers and to make their living they went inside and outside sudan

These simple people managed to dig the rocks and build the glory

 It contains now a basic school but in the past there had been two primary schools one for boys and one for girls.

And two intermediate schools one for boys and one for girls.

Because of migration of people these schools dwindled to become one mixed basic school

It contains a big rural hospital and a big agricultural project which absorbs the youth of Simit and the neighboring areas but suffers the scarcity of the labor force

The number of population was 6000 people but the number of the currently available people doesn't   exceed 500 people.

It is an area of relics and archaeologies