South Darfur State ( Wilāyat Ǧanūb Dārfūr; Janob Darfor) is one of the

wilayat A wilayah ( or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu, Pashto and ; ) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes from the Arabic root "''w-l-y''", "to govern": a ''wāli''—"g ...

or states of

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

. It is one of the five states that compose the region of Darfur in western Sudan.

Overview

Prior to the creation of two new states in the Darfur region in January 2012, South Darfur had an area of and an estimated population of approximately 2,890,000 (2006).

Nyala The lowland nyala or simply nyala (''Tragelaphus angasii'') is a spiral-horned artiodactyl antelope native to Southern Africa. The species is part of the family Bovidae and the genus '' Tragelaphus'' (formerly placed in the genus ''Nyala''). It ...

is the capital of the state. The State was affected by the

2010 Sahel famine A large-scale, drought-induced famine occurred in Africa's Sahel region and many parts of the neighbouring Sénégal River Area from February to August 2010. It is one of many famines to have hit the region in recent times. The Sahel is th ...

Places

Kubum Kubum () is a locality in South Darfur, Sudan. History In the 2023 Sudan war, the Rapid Support Forces were accused of war crimes A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for ac ...

Markondi Markondi is a locality in South Darfur, Sudan. References In the 2023 Sudan war, the Rapid Support Forces were accused of war crimes A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for ...

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Kafia Kingi Kafia Kingi () is a mineral-rich region in South Sudan, on the border with Sudan and the Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Repub ...

References

External links

Government of South DarfurState profile
States of Sudan Darfur {{Sudan-geo-stub