States of Sudan

Sudanese States
الولايات السودانية (Arabic)

Category| Federated state
Location| Republic of the Sudan
Number| 18 states
Populations| 832,112 (Blue Nile) – 5,274,371 (Khartoum)
Areas| 22,140 km2 (8,549 sq mi) (Khartoum) – 348,770 km2 (134,659 sq mi) (Northern)
Government|

* State government

Subdivisions|

* Districts

Politics of Sudan

Member State of the Arab League

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Constitution

* 1956 Transitional Constitution
* 1973 Constitution
* 4 August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration

Executive

* Presidency

Transitional Sovereignty Council

President: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Vice-president: Malik Agar
* Prime Minister

Kamil Idris
* Cabinet

Kamil Idris government

Legislature

* Council of States (dissolved)
* National assembly (dissolved)
* Transitional Legislative Authority

Judiciary

* Constitutional Court
* Supreme Court

Chief Justice

Abdel-Aziz Fathal-Rahman Abdeen Mohamed
* Court of Cassation
* Public Court
* District Courts
* Town and rural courts

Administrative divisions

* States

Governors
Abyei Area

Interim Security Force (UNISFA)

* Regions

Darfur Regional Government

Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council

* Districts

Elections

* Recent elections

* General: 2010
* 2015
* next

* Political parties

Foreign relations

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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* Diplomatic missions of / in Sudan

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* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

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* Foreign aid

Related topics

* United Nations (UN) in Sudan

Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)

Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA)

* African Union and UN in Sudan

Darfur operation (UNAMID)
* Human rights
* ICC investigation
* Khartoum massacre investigation
* National Human Rights Commission

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Below is a list of the 18 states of the Sudan (Arabic names are in parentheses). Prior to 9 July 2011, the Republic of the Sudan was composed of 25 states. The ten southern states now form part of the independent country of South Sudan. Two additional states were created in 2012 within the Darfur region, and one in 2013 in Kordofan, bringing the total to 18.

## States of the Republic of the Sudan

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The following 18 states form the territory of the Republic of the Sudan:

States of Sudan  Number

map  | Location  | Seal  | State name  | ISO
3166-2
code | Capital  | Area in km2
(sq mi)  | Population
(2018)[1] | Density
(per km²)

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1  |  |  | Khartoum | ولاية الخرطوم
(Wilāyat al-Kharṭūm)  | KH  | Khartoum | 22,142 km2 (8,549 sq mi)  | 7,993,900  | 361
2  |  |  | North Kordofan | شمال كردفان
(Shamāl Kurdufān)  | KN  | el-Obeid | 185,302 km2 (71,546 sq mi)  | 3,174,029  | 17
3  |  |  | Northern | الشمالية
(ash-Shamālīyah)  | NO  | Dongola | 348,765 km2 (134,659 sq mi)  | 936,255  | 3
4  |  |  | Kassala | كسلا
(Kassalā)  | KA  | Kassala | 52,949 km2 (20,444 sq mi)[2] | 2,519,071  | 48
5  |  |  | Blue Nile | النيل الأزرق
(an-Nīl al-Azraq)  | NB  | ad-Damazin | 45,844 km2 (17,700 sq mi)  | 1,108,391  | 24
6  |  |  | North Darfur | شمال دارفور
(Shamāl Dārfūr)  | DN  | al-Fashir | 296,420 km2 (114,450 sq mi)  | 2,304,950  | 8
7  |  |  | South Darfur | جنوب دارفور
(Janūb Dārfūr)  | DS  | Nyala | 81,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi)[3] | 5,353,025  | 66
8  |  |  | South Kordofan | جنوب كردفان
(Janūb Kurdufān)  | KS  | Kadugli | 158,355 km2 (61,141 sq mi)  | 2,107,623  | 13
9  |  |  | Gezira | الجزيرة
(al-Jazīrah)  | GZ  | Wad Madani | 27,549 km2 (10,637 sq mi)  | 5,096,920  | 185
10  |  |  | White Nile | النيل الأبيض
(an-Nīl al-Abyaḑ)  | NW  | Rabak | 39,701 km2 (15,329 sq mi)  | 2,493,880  | 63
11  |  |  | River Nile | نهر النيل
(Nahr an-Nīl)  | NR  | ad-Damir | 122,123 km2 (47,152 sq mi)  | 1,511,442  | 12
12  |  |  | Red Sea | البحر الأحمر
(al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar)  | RS  | Port Sudan | 218,887 km2 (84,513 sq mi)  | 1,482,053  | 7
13  |  |  | al Qadarif | القضارف
(al-Qaḍārif)  | GD  | el-Gadarif | 75,263 km2 (29,059 sq mi)[4] | 2,208,385  | 29
14  |  |  | Sennar | سنار
(Sinnār)  | SI  | Singa | 37,844 km2 (14,612 sq mi)  | 1,918,692  | 51
15  |  |  | West Darfur | غرب دارفور
(Gharb Dārfūr)  | DW  | el Geneina | 23,550 km2 (9,090 sq mi)[5] | 1,775,945  | 75
16  |  |  | Central Darfur | وسط دارفور
(Wasaṭ Dārfūr)  | DC  | Zalingei | 46,729 km2 (18,042 sq mi)[6] | 2,499,000  | 53
17  |  |  | East Darfur | شرق دارفور
(Sharq Dārfūr)  | DE  | Ed Daein | 52,867 km2 (20,412 sq mi)[7] | 1,587,200  | 30
18  |  |  | West Kordofan | غرب كردفان
(Gharb Kurdufān)  | GK  | al-Fulah | 111,373 km2 (43,001 sq mi)  | 1,945,450 (2014)[8] | 17

The 10 states of South Sudan were part of the Republic of Sudan until 2011 when South Sudan became an independent country.

### Special administrative areas

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* The Abyei Area, located on the border between South Sudan and the Republic of the Sudan, currently has a special administrative status and is governed by an Abyei Area Administration. It was due to hold a referendum in 2011 on whether to be part of South Sudan or part of the Republic of Sudan.

### Regional bodies

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In addition to the states, there also exist regional administrative bodies established by peace agreements between the central government and rebel groups:

* The Darfur Regional Government was established by the Darfur Peace Agreement to act as a co-ordinating body for the states that make up the region of Darfur.
* The Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council was established by the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement between the Sudanese Government and the rebel Eastern Front to act as a coordinating body for the three eastern states of Red Sea, Kassala, and Al Qadarif.

## Provinces

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See also: States of Sudan and States of South Sudan

Provinces of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1948. Provinces of the future South Sudan are coloured in red.

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was divided into eight provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of World War II. The eight provinces were: Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kurdufan, Northern, and Upper Nile. In 1948, Bahr al Ghazal split from Equatoria.[9]

## History

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Regions of Sudan, July 2006

Darfur

South Sudan (held referendum in 2011, seceded in July 2011)

Abyei (to have held referendum in 2011, postponed indefinitely)

States to have held "popular consultations" in 2011: South Kordofan (process suspended) and Blue Nile (status unclear)

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyat, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of World War II. The eight provinces were: Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kordofan, Northern, and Upper Nile. In 1948, Bahr al Ghazal split from Equatoria.

There were numerous new provinces created on 1 July 1973. North and South Darfur were created from Darfur, while Kurdufan divided into North and South Kordofan. Gezira and White Nile were split off from Blue Nile. River Nile split off from Northern. Red Sea was split off from Kassala.

A further fracturing of provinces occurred in 1976. Lakes split from Bahr al Ghazal, and Jonglei split off from Upper Nile. Equatoria divided into Eastern and Western Equatoria. There were thus eighteen provinces. In 1991, the government reorganized the administrative regions into nine federal states, matching the nine provinces that had existed from 1948 to 1973. On 14 February 1994, the government reorganized yet again, creating twenty-six wilayat (states). The majority of the wilayat were either the old provinces or administrative subregions of a province. As part of the new government structure in South Sudan in 2005, Bahr al Jabal was renamed Central Equatoria. In 2006, West Kurdufan was split and merged with North Kurdufan and South Kordofan.

In January 2012, the new states of Central Darfur and East Darfur were created in the Darfur region, bringing the total number of states to 17.[10] In July 2013, West Kurdufan was reestablished.[11][12]

Since the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état, the states in Sudan have been without state governments and legislative councils.

### Former states now part of South Sudan

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Main article: States of South Sudan

On 9 July 2011, the ten southern states became the independent country of South Sudan. They were further divided into 86 counties.

## See also

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* ISO 3166-2:SD
* List of current state governors in Sudan
* List of Sudanese states by population
* List of Sudanese states by Human Development Index
* States of South Sudan — first-level administrative division of the Republic of South Sudan

## References

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1. ^ "Pop. Proj. by satates" (PDF). Government of Sudan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
2. ^ "State profile - Kassala" (PDF). UNICEF. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
3. ^ "State profile South Darfur" (PDF). UNICEF. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
4. ^ "Situation in Gedaref" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2023.
5. ^ "Situation in West Darfur" (PDF). www.unicef.org. Unicef.
6. ^ "Situation in Central Darfur" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2022.
7. ^ "Situation in East Darfur" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2023.
8. ^ "Situation in West Kordofan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2023.
9. ^ "Sudan States". www.statoids.com.
10. ^ "allAfrica.com: Sudan: President Bashir Appoints New State Governors". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012.
11. ^ Western Kordofan State Archived 2013-08-12 at archive.today
12. ^ "Sudan shuffles governors of Kordofan states including ICC suspect".

## External links

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* States of Sudan. Archived 17 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
* 2008 Census Results Archived 2018-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, Central Bureau of Statistics

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States of Sudan

* Blue Nile
* Central Darfur
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* Gezira
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* Al Qadarif
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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

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