South Darfur

State of Sudan

State in Darfur, Sudan

South Darfur State

ولاية جنوب دارفور

Janob Darfor

State

South Darfur

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Location in Sudan

Coordinates: 11°31′N 25°2′E﻿ / ﻿11.517°N 25.033°E﻿ / 11.517; 25.033
Country|  Sudan
Region| Darfur
Capital| Nyala
Government

• Governor| Bashir Mursal[2]
Area

• Total

| 127,300 km2 (49,200 sq mi)
Population

(2018)

• Total

| 5,353,025[1]
Time zone| UTC+2 (CAT)
HDI (2017)| 0.434[3]
low
Website| Official website

South Darfur State (Arabic: ولاية جنوب دارفور Wilāyat Ǧanūb Dārfūr; Janob Darfor) is one of the wilayat or states of Sudan. It is one of the five states that compose the region of Darfur in western Sudan.

## Overview

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Roadworks near Nyala

Prior to the creation of two new states in the Darfur region in January 2012, South Darfur had an area of 127,300 square kilometres (49,200 sq mi) and an estimated population of approximately 2,890,000 (2006). Nyala is the capital of the state. The State was affected by the 2010 Sahel famine.

## Places

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* Kubum
* Markondi
* Nyala
* Kafia Kingi

## References

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1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2023-06-09.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ^ "South Darfur governor sacks 70 tribal leaders over alleged RSF ties". Sudan Tribune. 18 November 2024.
3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

## External links

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* Government of South Darfur
* State profile

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States of Sudan

* Blue Nile
* Central Darfur
* East Darfur
* Gezira
* Kassala
* Khartoum
* North Darfur
* North Kordofan
* Northern
* Al Qadarif
* Red Sea
* River Nile
* Sennar
* South Darfur
* South Kordofan
* West Darfur
* West Kordofan
* White Nile

Area with special administrative status to hold a referendum on its final status and is considered to be simultaneously part of both Sudan and South Sudan

* Abyei Area

Regional bodies

* Darfur Regional Government
* Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council

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