White Nile State
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White Nile State
النيل الأبيض an-Nil al-Abyad | |
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 Seal | |
 Location in Sudan. | |
| Coordinates: 13°27′N 32°20′E / 13.450°N 32.333°E | |
| Country |  Sudan |
| Region | Butana |
| Capital | Rabak |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Omar Khalifa[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 39,701 km2 (15,329 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 2,493,880[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| HDI (2017) | 0.488[3] low |
White Nile State (Arabic: النيل الأبيض, romanized: An Nīl al Ābyaḍ) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 39,701 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 2,493,880 people (2018 est). Since 1994, Rabak has been the capital of the state; other important cities include Kosti and Ed Dueim. On 21 May, the Sudanese Armed Forces said it had cleared White Nile State of the Rapid Support Forces during the civil war.[4]
Districts
[edit]The state is administratively subdivided into four districts:
References
[edit]- ^ "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) - ^ "White Nile State governor criminalizes hate speech, racism". Sudan Tribune. 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "بعد تحرير الخرطوم بالكامل.. السلطات السودانية تعلن ولاية جديدة خالية من الدعم السريع". Youm7. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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