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Prior to the creation of two new states in the Darfur region in January 2012, South Darfur had an area of 127,300 square kilometres (49,200 sq mi) and an estimated population of approximately 2,890,000 (2006). Nyala is the capital of the state. The State was affected by the 2010 Sahel famine.
South Darfur: 492,984 5: Port Sudan: Red Sea: 394,561 6: El-Obeid: North Kordofan: 345,126 7: ... Sudan Prayer Times List of 30021 cities and towns in Sudan, with ...
Darfur (/ d ɑːr ˈ f ʊər / dar-FOOR; Arabic: دار فور, romanized: Dār Fūr, lit. 'Realm of the Fur') is a region of western Sudan. Dār is an Arabic word meaning "home [of]" – the region was named Dardaju (Arabic: دار داجو, romanized: Dār Dājū) while ruled by the Daju, who migrated from Meroë c. 350 AD, and it was renamed Dartunjur (Arabic: دار تنجر, romanized ...
The area is an active area of tribal clashes due to the war in Darfur. [2] During the Abala-Tarjam tribal clashes in 2007, 34 were killed from the Tarjam tribe. [3] During the Fur-Tarjam tribal clashes in 2013, 7600 families were displaced. [4]
When the United Kingdom conquered present-day Sudan, the British commander-in-chief met Sultan Adam Suleiman in 1932, seeking his advice for his knowledge of the best places in terms of availability of water sources and land topography in order to establish the British Administration Headquarters in Darfur. Sultan Adam Suleiman had chosen Nyala ...
Dar Fur Daju numbering 80,000 (2007) and living in Southern Darfur in the Sudan in the Daju Hills 40 km northeast of Nyala. They speak the Nyala language. Much of this population has fled to Chad as a result of the Darfur Conflict. [13] There is also a small population of Dar Fur Daju near the city of Lagowa in the Nuba Hills.
Pages in category "Villages in Sudan" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abu Jaradil;
During the Darfur conflict, on 8 Apr 2013, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported that the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (Minni Minnawi) rebels took Ashma village. [1] On February 21, 2017, as a farmer and his sister returned from working on their lands in Ashma, two herders attacked them, a relative of the victims reported to Radio ...