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States of Sudan
highest level administrative sub-division of Sudan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Below is a list of the 18 states of Sudan (Arabic names are in parentheses). Before 9 July 2011, Sudan had 25 states. The ten southern states now form the independent country of South Sudan. Two more states were created in 2012 within the Darfur region, and one in 2013 in Kordofan, bringing the total to 18. Transliterations from Arabic to English may vary; in particular, the article "al" is sometimes transliterated as "el". Numbers correspond to those of the map at right.
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- Khartoum (ولاية خرطوم Wilāyat Kharṭūm)
- North Kordofan (ولاية شمال كردفان Wilāyat Shamāl Kurdufān)
- Northern (ولاية الشمالية Wilāyat ash-Shamāliyyah)
- Kassala (ولاية كسّلا Wilāyat Kassalā)
- Blue Nile (ولاية النيل الأزرق Wilāyat an-Nīl al-Azraq)
- North Darfur (ولاية شمال دارفور Wilāyat Shamāl Dārfūr)
- South Darfur (ولاية جنوب دارفور Wilāyat Janūb Dārfūr)
- South Kordofan (ولاية جنوب كردفان Wilāyat Janūb Kurdufān)
- Gezira (ولاية الجزيرة Wilāyat al-Jazīrah)
- White Nile (ولاية النيل الأبيض Wilāyat an-Nīl al-Abyaḍ)
- River Nile (ولاية نهر النيل Wilāyat Nahr an-Nīl)
- Red Sea (ولاية البحر الأحمر Wilāyat al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar)
- Al Qadarif (ولاية القضارف Wilāyat al-Qaḍārif)
- Sennar (ولاية سنّار Wilāyat Sinnār)
- West Darfur (ولاية غرب دارفور Wilāyat Gharb Dārfūr)
- Central Darfur (ولاية وسط دارفور Wilāyat Wasṭ Dārfūr)
- East Darfur (ولاية شرق دارفور Wilāyat Sharq Dārfūr)
- West Kordofan (ولاية غرب كردفان Wilāyat Gharb Kurdufān)