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(Redirected from Ash Shamaliyah State, Sudan) State of Sudan State in Sudan
Northern State الولاية الشماليةash-Shamaliyah
State
A field in DongolaA field in Dongola
Official seal of Northern StateSeal
Location in Sudan.Location in Sudan.
Coordinates: 19°37′N 29°38′E / 19.617°N 29.633°E / 19.617; 29.633
Country Sudan
CapitalDongola
Government
 • WaliEngineer Ali Awad Musa
Area
 • Total348,765 km (134,659 sq mi)
Population
 • Total936,255
 • Density2.39/km (6.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
HDI (2017)0.625
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Northern (Arabic: الولاية الشمالية Aš Šamāliya) is one of the 18 wilayat (states) of Sudan. It has an area of 348,765 km and an estimated population of 936,255. Northern Sudan was in ancient times Nubia. Jebel Uweinat is a mountain range in the area of the Egyptian-Libyan-Sudanese border.

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References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2023-06-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
States of Sudan
Area with special administrative status to hold a referendum on its final status and is considered to be simultaneously part of both Sudan and South Sudan
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