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Before the secession of South Sudan on July 9, 2011, Sudan was the largest country in Africa and had 25 states. At its independence on January 1, 1956, Sudan was divided into 9 historic regions that had existed in 1948 (Bahr el-Ghazal, Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kordofan, Northern and Upper Nile).
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.
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]
Information based on Political Regions of Sudan (CPA).png by Сержант Кандыба; Vector map from Blank map of Sudan administrative areas.svg by Maplibrary.org; Information from Sudan political regions July 2006.png by Kwamikagami which in turn is based on Sudan politicaly distrikt map Jul2006.png by Orthuberra; Combined by Lokal ...
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. [205] It has land borders with Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Chad, and ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Sudan: . Sudan – North Eastern African state, bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest.
As a result of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005, the Abyei Area was given special administrative status and following the independence of South Sudan in 2011, is considered to be simultaneously part of both the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan, effectively a condominium.
Populated places in Sudan (12 C, 2 P) R. Regions of Sudan (4 C, 7 P) S. States of Sudan (22 C, 21 P) Pages in category "Subdivisions of Sudan"