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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.
In 1991, Sudan reverted to a structure of 9 provinces (wilaya) corresponding to its 9 former historic regions. In 1994, the number of provinces increased to 26. Western Kordofan was abolished in 2005, and restored in 2013. On 9 Jul 2011, the 10 southern states became part of independent South Sudan. [1]
With the adoption of the Interim National Constitution of Sudan [1] and the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, [2] the ten states of South Sudan are, however, now divided into counties. The maps on this page represent the boundaries as they existed in 2006. [3] Current information is available from the Humanitarian Data Exchange. [4]
A map of Sudan. The Hala'ib Triangle has been under contested Egyptian administration since 2000. A Köppen climate classification map of Sudan. Sudan is situated in North Africa, with an 853 km (530 mi) coastline bordering the Red Sea. [204] It has land borders with Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Chad, and ...
Map of Sudan. This is a list of cities and towns in Sudan. The population estimates are for 2006, [1] last national census was of 1993. List. Major cities
Sudan is divided into 18 states, or wilyat. The state with the largest population is Khartoum with 7,993,851 and the state with the smallest population is the Northern State with 936,235 as of 2018. [1] As of 2015, the Northern state is the only state in Sudan not to have surpassed 1 million in total population.
A Köppen climate classification map of Sudan. Sudan is the thirteenth most water stressed country in the world. Although Sudan lies within the tropics, the climate ranges from hyper-arid in the north to tropical wet-and-dry in the far southwest. [8]
This is a list of states of Sudan by sub-national Human Development Index as of 2021. [1] Rank Region HDI (2021) Medium human development 1 Khartoum: 0.638 Northern: 3