al-Qadarif (state)
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| Capital : | al-Qadarif |
| Area : | 75,263 km² |
| Residents : | 1,348,378 (2008 census) |
| Population density : | 18 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 : | SD-GD |
al-Qadarif ( Arabic القضارف, DMG al-Qaḍārif ; Alternative spelling Gedaref , more rarely Gadaref , Gadarif or Qadārif ) is a federal state in Sudan .
It has an area of 75,263 km² and around 1.3 million inhabitants. Its capital is the city of the same name al-Qadarif , other larger towns are Gallabat , al-Hawatah and Doka .
history
1919–1991 the area of what is now the state of al-Qadarif belonged to the province of Kassala , from 1991–1994 it belonged to the newly created state of asch-Sharqiyya, which resembled the province of Kassala from 1919 to 1973. On February 14, 1994, al-Qadarif was split off as a separate state.
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- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics / Southern Sudan Center for Census Statistics and Evaluation: 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census - 2008 ( Memento from May 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 425 kB), Table: T02
- ↑ www.statoids.com: Historical overview of the Sudanese states
