States of Sudan

Below is a list of the 18 states of the Sudan (Arabic names are in parentheses). Prior to 9 July 2011, the Republic of the Sudan was composed of 25 states. The ten southern states now form part of the independent country of South Sudan. Two additional states were created in 2012 within the Darfur region, and one in 2013 in Kordofan, bringing the total to 18.

States of the Republic of the Sudan

The following 18 states form the territory of the Republic of the Sudan:

States of Sudan

Number on map	Location	Seal	State name		ISO 3166-2 code	Capital	Area in km2 (sq mi)	Population (2018)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Density (per km²)
			English	Arabic
1	File:Khartoum in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Emblem of Khartoum.jpg	Khartoum	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	KH	Khartoum	Template:Convert	7,993,900	361
2	File:North Kurdufan in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of North Kordofan.png	North Kordofan	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	KN	el-Obeid	Template:Convert	3,174,029	17
3	File:Northern in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of Northern State (Sudan).png	Northern	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	NO	Dongola	Template:Convert	936,255	3
4	File:Kassala in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of Kassala State.png	Kassala	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	KA	Kassala	Template:Convert<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2,519,071	48
5	File:Blue Nile in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of Blue Nile State.png	Blue Nile	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	NB	ad-Damazin	Template:Convert	1,108,391	24
6	File:North Darfur in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of North Darfur State.png	North Darfur	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	DN	al-Fashir	Template:Convert	2,304,950	8
7	File:South Darfur in Sudan (+claims hatched) (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of South Darfur State.png	South Darfur	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	DS	Nyala	Template:Convert<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5,353,025	66
8	File:South Kurdufan in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of South Kordofan.png	South Kordofan	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	KS	Kadugli	Template:Convert	2,107,623	13
9	File:Al Jazirah in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of Gezira State.png	Gezira	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	GZ	Wad Madani	Template:Convert	5,096,920	185
10	File:White Nile in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of White Nile State.png	White Nile	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	NW	Rabak	Template:Convert	2,493,880	63
11	File:River Nile in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of River Nile State.png	River Nile	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	NR	ad-Damir	Template:Convert	1,511,442	12
12	File:Red Sea in Sudan (+claims hatched) (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of Red Sea State.png	Red Sea	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	RS	Port Sudan	Template:Convert	1,482,053	7
13	File:Al Qadarif in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of Al Qadarif State.png	al Qadarif	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	GD	el-Gadarif	Template:Convert<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2,208,385	29
14	File:Sennar in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of Sennar State.png	Sennar	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	SI	Singa	Template:Convert	1,918,692	51
15	File:West Darfur in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of West Darfur State.png	West Darfur	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	DW	el Geneina	Template:Convert<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,775,945	75
16	File:Central Darfur in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of Central Darfur State.png	Central Darfur	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	DC	Zalingei	Template:Convert<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2,499,000	53
17	File:East Darfur in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg	File:Seal of East Darfur.png	East Darfur	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	DE	Ed Daein	Template:Convert<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,587,200	30
18	File:West Kurdufan in Sudan (+claims hatched).svg	File:Seal of West Kordofan.png	West Kordofan	lang}} (Template:Transliteration)	GK	al-Fulah	Template:Convert	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17

The 10 states of South Sudan were part of the Republic of Sudan until 2011 when South Sudan became an independent country.

Special administrative areas

• The Abyei Area, located on the border between South Sudan and the Republic of the Sudan, currently has a special administrative status and is governed by an Abyei Area Administration. It was due to hold a referendum in 2011 on whether to be part of South Sudan or part of the Republic of Sudan.

Regional bodies

In addition to the states, there also exist regional administrative bodies established by peace agreements between the central government and rebel groups:

• The Darfur Regional Government was established by the Darfur Peace Agreement to act as a co-ordinating body for the states that make up the region of Darfur.
• The Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council was established by the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement between the Sudanese Government and the rebel Eastern Front to act as a coordinating body for the three eastern states of Red Sea, Kassala, and Al Qadarif.

Provinces

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Provinces of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1948. Provinces of the future South Sudan are coloured in red.

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was divided into eight provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of World War II. The eight provinces were: Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kurdufan, Northern, and Upper Nile. In 1948, Bahr al Ghazal split from Equatoria.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

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Regions of Sudan, July 2006 Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyat, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of World War II. The eight provinces were: Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kordofan, Northern, and Upper Nile. In 1948, Bahr al Ghazal split from Equatoria.

There were numerous new provinces created on 1 July 1973. North and South Darfur were created from Darfur, while Kurdufan divided into North and South Kordofan. Gezira and White Nile were split off from Blue Nile. River Nile split off from Northern. Red Sea was split off from Kassala.

A further fracturing of provinces occurred in 1976. Lakes split from Bahr al Ghazal, and Jonglei split off from Upper Nile. Equatoria divided into Eastern and Western Equatoria. There were thus eighteen provinces. In 1991, the government reorganized the administrative regions into nine federal states, matching the nine provinces that had existed from 1948 to 1973. On 14 February 1994, the government reorganized yet again, creating twenty-six wilayat (states). The majority of the wilayat were either the old provinces or administrative subregions of a province. As part of the new government structure in South Sudan in 2005, Bahr al Jabal was renamed Central Equatoria. In 2006, West Kurdufan was split and merged with North Kurdufan and South Kordofan.

In January 2012, the new states of Central Darfur and East Darfur were created in the Darfur region, bringing the total number of states to 17.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In July 2013, West Kurdufan was reestablished.<ref>Western Kordofan State Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Since the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état, the states in Sudan have been without state governments and legislative councils.

Former states now part of South Sudan

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On 9 July 2011, the ten southern states became the independent country of South Sudan. They were further divided into 86 counties.

See also

• ISO 3166-2:SD
• List of current state governors in Sudan
• List of Sudanese states by population
• List of Sudanese states by Human Development Index
• States of South Sudan — first-level administrative division of the Republic of South Sudan

External links

• Template:Statoids
• States of Sudan. Template:Webarchive
• 2008 Census Results Template:Webarchive, Central Bureau of Statistics