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Blue Nile State

Coordinates:11°16′N34°4′E/ 11.267°N 34.067°E/11.267; 34.067
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Blue Nile State
ولاية النيل الأزرق
Wilāyat an-Nīl al-Azraq
State
Flag of Blue Nile State
Flag
Official seal of Blue Nile State
Seal
Location in Sudan.
Location in Sudan.
Coordinates:11°16′N34°4′E/ 11.267°N 34.067°E/11.267; 34.067
CountrySudan
RegionBlue Nile Province
CapitalAd-Damazin
Government
•GovernorAhmed al-Omda
Area
• Total45,844 km2(17,700 sq mi)
Population
(2018)
• Total1,108,391[1]
Time zoneUTC+2(CAT)
HDI(2017)0.416[2]
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Blue Nile State(Arabic:ولاية النيل الأزرقWilāyat an-Nīl al-ʾAzraq) is one of the eighteenstatesof theRepublic of the Sudan.It was established by presidential decree nº 3 in 1992 and it is named after theBlue Nile River.

The region is host to around forty different ethnic groups. Its economic activity is based on agriculture and livestock and increasing mineral exploitation.

History[edit]

In 2011, residents of Blue Nile were scheduled to hold ill-defined "popular consultations" to determine the constitutional future of the state, per theComprehensive Peace Agreement.Instead, a dispute over the rightful government of the state, and the determination ofOmar al-Bashirto eradicate theSudan People's Liberation Movement–North,led toa renewed nine-year conflictbetween government forces and theSudan Revolutionary Frontas well as contributing to a refugee crisis.[3][4]The conflict finally came to an end in 2020 after a peace agreement was signed and the government to not discriminate based on ethnicity or religion.[5][6]Further clashesin the state broke out in 2022 between theHausapeople andFunjandBertapeoples over land disputes which led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians.[7]

Administration[edit]

The State is sub-divided into six districts (with 2006 Census populations shown hereafter):

State Governors[edit]

[10]

Geography[edit]

Blue Nile state has an area of 45,844 km2and an estimated population of 1,193,293. The Central Bureau of Statistics quoted the population at 832,112 in the 2006 census.Ad-Damazinis the capital of the state. The state of Blue Nile is home to theRoseires Dam,the main source of hydroelectric power in Sudan until the completion of theMerowe Damin 2010.

Languages[edit]

The following languages are spoken in Blue Nile state according toEthnologue.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2017-03-12.Retrieved2023-06-09.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^"Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab".hdi.globaldatalab.org.Retrieved2018-09-13.
  3. ^Boswell, Alan (2 September 2011)."Sudan's Conflict Spreads: Is This the Start of a New Civil War?".Time.Archived fromthe originalon 3 September 2011.Retrieved21 October2011.
  4. ^Maasho, Aaron (14 October 2011)."Sudan's Blue Nile conflict forces painful return to Ethiopia".Reuters Africa.Reuters. Archived fromthe originalon 17 October 2011.
  5. ^"Sudan signs landmark peace deal with rebel alliance".DW.31 August 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 16 September 2020.Retrieved3 October2020.
  6. ^Michael Atit (4 September 2020)."Sudan's Government Agrees to Separate Religion and State".Voice of America.Archivedfrom the original on 8 September 2020.Retrieved8 September2020.
  7. ^SudanTribune (2023-01-16)."Blue Nile tribal groups agree to end bloody violence".Sudan Tribune.Retrieved2023-04-14.
  8. ^"Sudan appoints new governor in Blue Nile".www.occasionalwitness.com.Retrieved2022-06-29.
  9. ^"Sudan's prime minister appoints 3 state governors in Darfur, Blue Nile".June 13, 2021.
  10. ^"States of the Sudan since 1991".WorldStatesmen.org.
  11. ^Languages of Sudan.Ethnologue,22nd edition.

External links[edit]

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