Northern State

Northern State is one of the 18 wilayat of and the largest by area. It has an area of 348,765 km2 and an estimated population of 936,255. The area that comprises present-day Northern State was known in ancient times as .
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  • Type: state of Sudan with 936,000 residents
  • Description: state of Sudan
  • Also known as: “Ach Chamaliyah”, “Ach-Chamaliyah”, “Al Iqlīm ash Shamālī”, “Al Iqlim ash Shimali”, “Al Wilāyah ash Shamālīyah”, “Al Wilāyah ash Shimālīyah”, “al-Shamaliyya”, “Aŝ Ŝamalijah”, “Asch-Schamaliya”, “Ash Shamahyah”, “Ash Shamaliyah”, “Ash Shamālīyah”, “Ash Shimālīyah”, “Ash Shimālīyya”, “ash-Shamaliyah”, “Ash-shamaliyah”, “Asz-Szamalija”, “Asz-Szamalijja”, “Estat Septentrional”, “Ipar Sudan”, “Iparraldeko eskualdea (Sudan)”, “Iparraldeko probintzia (Sudan)”, “Nord de Sudan”, “Northern”, “Província del Nord (Sudan)”, “Província Septentrional (Sudan)”, “Regio del Nord (Sudan)”, “Regió del Nord (Sudan)”, “Regió Nord (Sudan)”, “Regio Septentrional (Sudan)”, “SD-01”, “SD-NO”, “Sudan del Nord”, “Sudango Iparraldea”, “The Northern State”, “Wilāyah ash Shimālīyya”, “Эш-Шамалия”, “ایالت شمالی سودان”, “شمالی (اسٹیٹ)”, “ولاية الشمالية”, “北方省”, and “北部省”

Northern State

Latitude
19.3° or 19° 18′ north
Longitude
29.5° or 29° 30′ east
Population
936,000
Elevation
280 metres (919 feet)
Open location code
7GFF7GX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
378389
Wiki­data ID
Q310118
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Northern State” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሰሜናዊ ግዛት”
  • Arabic: “الشمالية”
  • Arabic: “الولاية الشمالية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal Dövləti”
  • Basque: “Iparraldea”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko estatua”
  • Bengali: “সামালিয়াহ্ রাজ্য”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна провинция”
  • Catalan: “estat del Nord”
  • Catalan: “Estat del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Northern”
  • Chinese: “北方州”
  • Chinese: “北部州”
  • Croatian: “Sjever”
  • Czech: “Severní stát”
  • Danish: “Nordlige Sudan”
  • Dutch: “Ash-Shamaliyah”
  • Dutch: “Noord”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الولايه الشماليه”
  • Esperanto: “Norda”
  • Finnish: “Aš-Šamaliya”
  • Finnish: “Northern”
  • French: “État du Nord”
  • French: “Nord”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთის შტატი”
  • German: “Asch-Schamaliyya”
  • German: “Norden”
  • German: “Schamālīya”
  • Greek: “Νόρθερν”
  • Gujarati: “નોર્થન”
  • Hausa: “Jihar ta Arewa”
  • Hebrew: “א-שימאליה”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी”
  • Indonesian: “Asy-Syamaliyah”
  • Italian: “Nord”
  • Japanese: “北部州”
  • Javanese: “Negara Lor”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರದ”
  • Kazakh: “Түндік мемлекеті”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Мамлекети”
  • Korean: “북부주”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļu vilājs”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės vilajetas”
  • Malay: “Asy-Syamaliyah”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Utara”
  • Marathi: “नॉर्थर्न”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd (Bundesstoot uun Sudaan)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord”
  • Oromo: “Mootummaa Kaaba”
  • Panjabi: “ਉਤਰੀ ਰਾਜ”
  • Persian: “شمالی”
  • Persian: “شمالیه”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Północna”
  • Portuguese: “Estado do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمالی ایالت”
  • Romanian: “Statul de Nord”
  • Russian: “Северная провинция”
  • Russian: “Северный штат”
  • Scots: “Northren”
  • Serbian: “Север”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni Vilajet”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “නොදර්න්”
  • Slovenian: “Sever”
  • Slovenian: “Severna država”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Woqooyi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Estado Norte”
  • Spanish: “Norte”
  • Swahili: “Kaskazini, Sudan”
  • Swahili: “Kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Ash-Shamaliyya, Sudan”
  • Swedish: “ash-Shamaliyya”
  • Swedish: “Ash-Shamaliyya”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Шимолӣ”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Дәүләте”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк штат”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర”
  • Thai: “รัฐอัชชะมาลียะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний штат”
  • Urdu: “شمالی (ریاست)”
  • Urdu: “شمالی”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Davlat”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Phía Bắc”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan”
  • Western Armenian: “Հիւսիսային նահանգ”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا صوبہ”
  • Zulu: “Northern (isifundazwe), Sudan”
  • Zulu: “Northern, Sudan”
  • Zulu: “Northern”

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