Nahr an-Nil

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Nahr an-Nil
Libyen Zentralafrikanische Republik Tschad Ägypten de-facto Ägypten - vom Sudan beansprucht de-facto Ägypten - weder von Sudan noch von Ägypten beansprucht Südsudan Eritrea Äthiopien de-facto Sudan (vom Sudan als Teil von Dschanub Kurdufan beansprucht - vom Südsudan beansprucht) Gharb Darfur Dschanub Darfur Dschanub Kurdufan An-Nil al-azraq Sannar (Bundesstaat) Al-Dschazira (Bundesstaat) Al-Qadarif (Bundesstaat) An-Nil al-abyad Al-Chartum Kassala Nahr an-Nil al-Bahr al-ahmar Schamal Kurdufan Asch-Schamaliyya Schamal Darfur Wasat Darfur Scharq DarfurRiver Nile in Sudan.svg
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Basic data
Capital : ad Damir
Area : 122,123 km²
Residents : 1,027,534 (calculation 2006)
Population density : 8.41 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 : SD NO

politics
Governor : Al Hadi Abdalla

Nahr an-Nil ( Arabic نهر النيل, German  Nile River ) is a federal state of Sudan .

It has an area of ​​122,123 km², a population of 1,027,534 (2006 calculation) and its capital is ad-Damir .

geography

The name of the state is derived from the Nile , which initially flows northwards, taking in the Atbara river at Atbara and then turning to the southwest. Parts of the state have been flooded by the Merowe Dam since August 2006 .

Part of the Nubian Desert is in Nahr an-Nil.

See also : Dar al-Manasir (river oasis in Nahr an-Nil)

history

From 1919 to 1974 the area of ​​what is now the state of Nahr an-Nil was both part of the province of ash-Shamaliyya and part of the province of Kassala . In 1974 these parts were combined into the province of Nahr an-Nil. In 1991, the Nahr an-Nil province was dissolved again and assigned to the new states of ash-Shamaliyya and ash-Sharqiyya . On February 14, 1994, these parts were combined again, but this time as a federal state.

Localities

Abu Hamad, Ad-Damir , Atbarah, Al Matammah El Kab, Shendi

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  1. ^ Sebastian Barzel: Sudan - Places, Cities, Population. (No longer available online.) In: afrika.sebaworld.de. August 1, 2008, archived from the original on September 2, 2018 ; accessed on September 2, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / afrika.sebaworld.de
  2. ↑ www.statoids.com: Historical overview of the Sudanese states