Gharb Darfur
| Gharb Darfur | |
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| Basic data | |
| Capital : | al-Junaina |
| Area : | 79,460 km² |
| Residents : | 1,308,225 (2008 census) |
| Population density : | 16.5 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 : |
SD-DW
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| politics | |
| Governor : | Hayder Galow Kuma Ateem |
Gharb Darfur ( Arabic غرب دارفور, German West Darfur ) is a federal state in Sudan .
It has an area of 79,460 km² and, according to the 2008 census, around 1.3 million inhabitants, an information that is, however, controversial as it is in the context of the Darfur conflict and several areas and all the camps for displaced persons were not included. Its capital is al-Junaina .
geography
Gharb Darfur is the westernmost state of Sudan and belongs to the Sahel zone . Gharb Darfur is a mountainous region that still offers better conditions for agriculture than many other areas in Sudan.
history
From 1919 to 1974 the area of what is now the state of Gharb Darfur belonged to the Darfur Province . In 1974 this province was divided into a southern and a northern province, so that the area of Gharb Darfur in the north belonged to the Shamal Darfur Province and in the south to the Dschanub Darfur Province . From 1991 to 1994 the area of Gharb Darfur belonged again to the newly created state of Darfur, which resembled the province of Darfur from 1919 to 1974. On February 14, 1994 Darfur was divided again, this time into the three states of Shamal, Dschanub and Gharb Darfur.
See also
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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 of the original from May 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 415 kB), Table: T02
- ↑ Darfur Relief and Documentation Center: 5th Population and Housing Census in Sudan - An Incomplete Exercise ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2010 (PDF; 727 kB)
- ↑ www.statoids.com: Historical overview of the Sudanese states
