States of Sudan

Below is a list of the 25 states of Sudan organized by their original provinces under British rule. Arabic language versions are, as appropriate, in parentheses. States that were not provinces before 1994 are marked with (*). Transliterations from Arabic to English may vary; in particular, the article "al" is sometimes transliterated as "el". Numbers correspond to those of the map at right. Beginning July 9, 2011, the areas under the jurisdiction of Southern Sudan will become an independent country.

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Contents

• 1 States of Sudan
  • 1.1 States under direct control of the Republic of Sudan
  • 1.2 States under control of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan
• 2 History
• 3 See also
• 4 External links

[edit] States of Sudan

[edit] States under direct control of the Republic of Sudan

• Blue Nile
  • Al Jazirah (7)
  • Blue Nile (An Nil al Azraq) (24)
  • Sennar (*) (25)
  • White Nile (An Nil al Abyad) (8)
• Darfur (A Transitional Darfur Regional Authority also exists)
  • North Darfur (Shamal Darfur) (2)
  • South Darfur (Janub Darfur) (11)
  • West Darfur (Gharb Darfur) (12)
• Kassala (An Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council also exists)
  • Kassala (Ash Sharqiyah) (5)
  • Al Qadarif (6)
  • Red Sea (Al Bahr al Ahmar) (26)
• Khartoum
  • Khartoum (Al Khartum) (3)
• Kurdufan
  • North Kurdufan (Shamal Kurdufan) (9)
  • South Kurdufan (Janub Kurdufan) (13)
• Northern
  • Northern (Ash Shamaliyah) (1)
  • River Nile (Nahr an Nil) (4)

[edit] States under control of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan

The ten southern states are under the administration of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan. They are further divided into 86 counties. These states will secede from Sudan as part of the Republic of South Sudan on 9 July 2011.

• Bahr el Ghazal
  • Lakes (Al Buhayrat) (18)
  • Northern Bahr el Ghazal (Shamal Bahr al Ghazal) (15)
  • Western Bahr el Ghazal (Gharb Bahr al Ghazal) (14)
  • Warrap (*) (21)
• Equatoria
  • Central Equatoria (*) (17)
  • Eastern Equatoria (Sharq al Istiwa'iyah) (19)
  • Western Equatoria (Gharb al Istiwa'iyah) (16)
• Upper Nile
  • Jonglei (20)
  • Unity (Al Wahdah) (*) (22)
  • Upper Nile (A'ali an Nil) (23)

[edit] History

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyat, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of the Second World War. The eight provinces were: Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kurdufan, Northern, and Upper Nile. In 1948 Bahr al Ghazal split from Equatoria.

There were numerous new provinces created on 1 July 1973. North and South Darfur were created from Darfur, while Kurdufan divided into North and South Kurdufan. Al Jazirah and White Nile were split off from Blue Nile. River Nile split off from Northern. Red Sea was split off from Kassala.

A further fracturing of provinces occurred in 1976. Lakes split from Bahr al Ghazal, and Jonglei split off from Upper Nile. Equatoria divided into East and Western Equatoria. There were thus eighteen provinces. In 1991, the government reorganized the administrative regions into nine federal states, matching the nine provinces that had existed from 1948 to 1973. On 14 February 1994, the government reorganized yet again, creating twenty-six wilayat (states). The majority of the wilayat were either the old provinces or administrative subregions of a province. As part of the new government structure in South Sudan in 2005, Bahr al Jabal was renamed Central Equatoria. In 2006, West Kurdufan was split and merged with North Kurdufan and South Kurdufan.

[edit] See also

• List of The Sudan’s state governors
• ISO 3166-2:SD

[edit] External links

• States of Sudan at statoids.com
• States of Sudan