Shamal Kurdufan
| Shamal Kurdufan | |
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| Basic data | |
| Capital : | al-Ubayyid |
| Area : | 221,900 km² |
| Residents : | 2,920,992 (2008 census) |
| Population density : | 13.2 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 : |
SD-KN
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| politics | |
| Governor : | Mutasim Mirghani Hussain Zaki Dean |
Shamal Kurdufan ( Arabic شمال كردفان, German North Kurdufan or Nordkordofan ) is a federal state in Sudan .
It has an area of 221,900 km² and, according to the 2008 census, around 3 million inhabitants. Its capital is al-Ubayyid , another city is an-Nahud .
geography
The state borders on al-Chartum , Janub Kurdufan , an-Nil al-Abyad , asch-Shamaliya , Nahr an-Nil , Shamal Darfur and Dschanub Darfur . The vegetation consists mainly in thorn bush savannah. Umm Badr is located in the state .
history
From 1919 to 1974 the area of what is now the state of Shamal Kurdufan belonged to the Kurdufan Province . In 1974 this province was split into the two provinces of Shamal and Dschanub Kurdufan . From 1991 to 1994 the area of Shamal Kurdufan belonged again to the newly created state of Kurdufan, which resembled Kurdufan Province from 1919 to 1974. On February 14, 1994 Kurdufan was divided into the three states of Shamal, Dschanub and Gharb Kurdufan . Gharb Kurdufan was dissolved again in 2005 and divided between North and South Kordofan.
economy
The pipeline, which connects the oil fields further south with the port of Bur Sudan , runs through Shamal Kurdufan's capital al-Ubayyid to Khartoum .
swell
- ↑ a b www.statoids.com: Historical overview of the Sudanese states
- ↑ 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; 425 kB), Table: T02
