Northern State

Northern State is one of the 18 wilayat of . It has an area of 348,765 km2 and an estimated population of 936,255. Northern Sudan 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: Al Iqlīm ash Shamālī”, “Al Iqlim ash Shimali”, “Al Wilāyah ash Shamālīyah”, “Al Wilāyah ash Shimālīyah”, “Ash Shamālīyah”, “Ash Shimālīyah”, “Ash Shimālīyya”, “ash-Shamaliyah”, “Northern”, “The Northern State”, and “Wilāyah ash Shimālīyya

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 Arabic to Zulu—“Northern State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الشمالية
  • Arabic: الولاية الشمالية
  • Arabic: ولاية الشمالية
  • Basque: Ipar Sudan
  • Basque: Iparraldea
  • Basque: Iparraldeko eskualdea (Sudan)
  • Basque: Iparraldeko estatua
  • Basque: Iparraldeko probintzia (Sudan)
  • Basque: Sudango Iparraldea
  • Bengali: সামালিয়াহ্ রাজ্য
  • Bulgarian: Северна провинция
  • Catalan: Ash Shamaliyah
  • Catalan: Ash-Shamaliyah
  • Catalan: estat del Nord
  • Catalan: Estat del Nord
  • Catalan: Estat Septentrional
  • Catalan: Nord de Sudan
  • Catalan: Província del Nord (Sudan)
  • Catalan: Província Septentrional (Sudan)
  • Catalan: Regio del Nord (Sudan)
  • Catalan: Regió del Nord (Sudan)
  • Catalan: Regió Nord (Sudan)
  • Catalan: Regio Septentrional (Sudan)
  • Catalan: Sudan del Nord
  • Cebuano: Northern
  • Chinese: 北方州
  • Chinese: 北部州
  • Chinese: 北部省
  • Croatian: Sjever
  • Czech: Severní stát
  • Danish: Nordlige Sudan
  • Dutch: Ash-Shamaliyah
  • Dutch: Noord
  • Egyptian Arabic: الولايه الشماليه
  • Esperanto: Aŝ Ŝamalijah
  • Esperanto: Norda
  • Esperanto: SD-01
  • Esperanto: SD-NO
  • Finnish: Aš-Šamaliya
  • Finnish: Northern
  • French: Ach Chamaliyah
  • French: Ach-Chamaliyah
  • French: État du Nord
  • French: Nord
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის შტატი
  • German: Asch-Schamaliya
  • German: Asch-Schamaliyya
  • German: Ash Shamaliyah
  • German: Norden
  • German: Schamālīya
  • German: SD-01
  • German: SD-NO
  • Greek: Νόρθερν
  • Gujarati: નોર્થન
  • Hebrew: א-שימאליה
  • Hindi: उत्तरी
  • Indonesian: Ash Shamaliyah
  • Indonesian: Asy-Syamaliyah
  • Italian: Nord
  • Japanese: 北部州
  • Kannada: ಉತ್ತರದ
  • 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
  • Persian: ایالت شمالی سودان
  • Persian: شمالی
  • Persian: شمالیه
  • Polish: Asz-Szamalija
  • Polish: Asz-Szamalijja
  • Polish: Prowincja Północna
  • Portuguese: Ash-shamaliyah
  • Portuguese: Estado do Norte
  • Portuguese: Norte
  • Romanian: Statul de Nord
  • Russian: Северная провинция
  • Russian: Северный штат
  • Russian: Эш-Шамалия
  • Scots: Northren
  • Serbian: Север
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverni Vilajet
  • Sinhala: උතුරු ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Sinhala: නොදර්න්
  • Slovenian: SD-01
  • Slovenian: Sever
  • Slovenian: Severna država
  • South Azerbaijani: قوزئی ایالتی
  • Spanish: Ash Shamahyah
  • Spanish: Ash Shamaliyah
  • Spanish: Estado Norte
  • Spanish: Norte
  • Swahili: Kaskazini, Sudan
  • Swahili: Kaskazini
  • Swedish: al-Shamaliyya
  • Swedish: Ash-Shamaliyya, Sudan
  • Swedish: ash-Shamaliyya
  • Swedish: Ash-Shamaliyya
  • Tamil: வடக்கு
  • Tatar: Төньяк штат
  • Telugu: ఉత్తర
  • Thai: รัฐอัชชะมาลียะฮ์
  • Turkish: Kuzey Eyaleti
  • Turkish: Kuzey
  • Ukrainian: Північний штат
  • Urdu: شمالی (اسٹیٹ)
  • Urdu: شمالی (ریاست)
  • Urdu: شمالی
  • Vietnamese: Khu vực Phía Bắc
  • Waray (Philippines): Amihanan
  • Waray (Philippines): Northern
  • Western Armenian: Հիւսիսային նահանգ
  • Western Panjabi: اتلا صوبہ
  • Zulu: Northern (isifundazwe), Sudan
  • Zulu: Northern, Sudan
  • Zulu: Northern

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