North Darfur State(Arabic:ولاية شمال دارفورWilāyat Šamāl Dārfūr;Shamal Darfor) is one of thewilayator states ofSudan.It is one of the five states composing theDarfur region.It has an area of 296,420 km2and an estimated population of approximately 2,304,950 in 2018.Al-Fashiris the capital of the state. Other significant towns include Ailliet,[4][5]Kebkabiya,[6][7]Kutum,Mellit (Malit),[7][8]Tawilah[9]andUmm Keddada(Umm Kadadah).[7][10]
North Darfur State
ولاية شمال دارفور Shamal Darfor | |
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 Farmer irrigating crops in North Darfur | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Sudan. | |
| Coordinates:16°4′N25°28′E/ 16.067°N 25.467°E | |
| Country |  Sudan |
| Region | Darfur |
| Capital | Al-Fashir |
| Government | |
| •Governor | Al-Hafiz Bakhit (acting)[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 296,420 km2(114,450 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 2,304,950[1] |
| • Density | 5.34/km2(13.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2(CAT) |
| HDI(2017) | 0.491[3] low |
History
editNorth Darfur shares much of thehistory of Darfur.It was the center of theSultanate of Darfurand contained both its capital al-Fashir and its biggest trading cityKobbei.
Former lieutenant general, Armed Forces Chief of Staff, and defense minister Ibrahim Suleiman Hassan served as governor of North Darfur from 2001 to 2003, until being dismissed byal-Bashir.[citation needed]
North Darfur has been a major flashpoint during theongoing civil war.[11]
Geography
editNorth Darfur occupies more than half of the territory of the Darfur region, and includes part of theMarrah Mountains (Jebel Marra).The northern part is entirely desert. To the south there is slightly more rainfall with the eastern side being plains with low sandy hills, while the volcanic Marrah Mountains occupy most of the western side of the south. In the southern portion the most important crops aremillet,maize and peanuts.[7]
North Darfur is bounded on the northwest byLibya,on the north byNorthern State,on the east by Northern State andNorth Kurdufan,on the southeast bySouth Kurdufan,on the south bySouth Darfur,and on the west byWest Darfurand theRepublic of Chad.Most of North Darfur's population followSunniIslam.
Notes and references
edit- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 12 March 2017.Retrieved9 June2023.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"North Darfur governor accuses RSF of killing 28 civilians in El Fasher attack".Sudan Tribune.12 August 2024.
- ^"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".hdi.globaldatalab.org.Retrieved13 September2018.
- ^In Arabic كتم
- ^"Ailliet, Sudan"Maplandia.com
- ^In Arabic كبكابية
- ^abcd"ولاية شمال دارفور (The state of North Darfur)"Archived7 September 2013 at theWayback MachineSudanese Government site, in Arabic, accessed 9 September 2010
- ^In Arabic مليط
- ^"Tawilah, Sudan"Maplandia.com
- ^In Arabic أم كدادة،
- ^Nashed, Mat."Darfur on edge as violence spreads amid Sudan power struggle".www.aljazeera.com.Retrieved19 April2023.
External links
edit- State profile
- "Fresh hopes for North Darfur"by Julie Flint,BBC NewsFrom Our Correspondent, 14 June 2007