Northern State (Sudan)

Northern (Arabic: الولاية الشمالية Aš Šamāliya) is one of the 18 wilayat (states) of Sudan. It has an area of 348,765 km² and an estimated population of 936,255. Northern Sudan was in ancient times Nubia. Jebel Uweinat is a mountain range in the area of the Egyptian-Libyan-Sudanese border.

Northern State الولاية الشمالية ash-Shamaliyah
State
A field in Dongola
Seal
Location in Sudan.
Coordinates: 19°37′N 29°38′E
Country	Sudan
Capital	Dongola
Government
• Wali	Engineer Ali Awad Musa
Area
• Total	348,765 km2 (134,659 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	936,255[1]
• Density	2.39/km2 (6.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
HDI (2017)	0.625[2] medium · 1st

Localities

• Dongola (Capital)
• Gararish
• Merowe
• Wadi Halfa
• Al Dabbah
• Delgo
• Al Goled
• Al Burgaig

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2023-06-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.