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Al Jazīrah

Gezira, also spelt Al Jazirah, Al Jazeera and Al Jazira, is one of the 18 states of Sudan. The state lies between the and the White Nile in the east-central region of the country.
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  • Type: State with 2,800,000 residents
  • Description: state of Sudan
  • Also known as: “Aj Jazira”, “Aj Jazirah”, “Al Jazīra”, “Al Jazirah”, “Al Jazirah State”, “El Jezira”, “Gezira”, “Gezira State”, “Wilāyat aj Jazira”, “Wilāyat Al Jazīra”, and “Wilāyat al Jazīrah”

Al Jazīrah

Latitude
14.6672° or 14° 40′ 2″ north
Longitude
33.2224° or 33° 13′ 21″ east
Population
2,800,000
Elevation
406 metres (1,332 feet)
Open location code
7G6MM68C+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2222526729
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
408648
Wiki­data ID
Q309469
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Al Jazīrah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة”
  • Arabic: “الجزيره”
  • Arabic: “ولاية الجزيرة”
  • Bengali: “আল জাজিরা”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал-Джазира”
  • Bulgarian: “Джазира”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Gezira”
  • Catalan: “Gezira”
  • Catalan: “Província de Gezira”
  • Cebuano: “Al Jazirah State”
  • Chinese: “傑濟拉州”
  • Chinese: “傑濟拉省”
  • Chinese: “杰济拉州”
  • Chinese: “杰济拉省”
  • Danish: “Al Jazirah”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Eyaletê El Cezira”
  • Dutch: “Al Jazirah”
  • Dutch: “Al-Jazirah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ولاية الجزيره”
  • Esperanto: “Al Ĝazira”
  • Esperanto: “Al Gezira”
  • Esperanto: “SD-07”
  • Esperanto: “SD-GZ”
  • Finnish: “Al Jazirah”
  • Finnish: “Al-Jazira”
  • French: “Al Djazirah”
  • French: “Al Jazirah”
  • French: “État d’Al-Jazirah”
  • Georgian: “ალ-ჯაზირის შტატი”
  • German: “al-Dschazira”
  • German: “Al-Dschazira”
  • German: “SD-07”
  • German: “SD-GZ”
  • Greek: “Αλ Τζαζίρα”
  • Gujarati: “અલ જાઝીરાહ”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ג’זירה”
  • Hindi: “अल जज़ीरा (राज्य)”
  • Hindi: “अल जज़ीरा”
  • Hungarian: “Al Jazirah”
  • Indonesian: “Al Jazirah”
  • Italian: “Al Jazira”
  • Italian: “Al-Jazira”
  • Italian: “El-Gezira”
  • Italian: “El-Geziret”
  • Italian: “Gezira”
  • Japanese: “アルジャジーラ”
  • Japanese: “アルジャジーラ州”
  • Japanese: “ジャジーラ州”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ ಜಝಿರಾಹ್”
  • Korean: “알 자지라 주”
  • Korean: “알자지라주”
  • Latvian: “Džazīra”
  • Lithuanian: “Džezira”
  • Malay: “Al Jazirah”
  • Malay: “Negeri Al Jazirah”
  • Marathi: “अल जाजीराह”
  • Northern Frisian: “Al-Dschasiira (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Al-Dschasiira”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Jazirah”
  • Norwegian: “Al Jazirah”
  • Persian: “جزیره”
  • Polish: “Al-Dżazira”
  • Portuguese: “Al Jazirah (estado)”
  • Portuguese: “Al Jazirah”
  • Portuguese: “Gezira”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha (Sudão)”
  • Romanian: “Statul Al Jazirah”
  • Russian: “Гезира”
  • Russian: “Эль-Гезира”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gezira (vilajet)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gezira”
  • Sinhala: “අල් ජසීරා”
  • Sinhala: “ගෙසිරා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovenian: “Al Džazira”
  • Slovenian: “Gezira”
  • Slovenian: “SD-07”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جزیره (سودان) ایالتی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جزیره ایالتی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جزیره”
  • Spanish: “Al Jazirah”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Gezira”
  • Spanish: “Gezira”
  • Swahili: “Al Jazirah, Sudan”
  • Swahili: “Al Jazirah”
  • Swedish: “al-Jazira”
  • Swedish: “Al-Jazira”
  • Swedish: “Al-Jazirah”
  • Tamil: “அல் ஜஸீரா”
  • Telugu: “అల్ జజీరా”
  • Thai: “รัฐอัลญะซีเราะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “El Cezire Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “El Cezire”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Гезіра”
  • Urdu: “الجزیرہ (اسٹیٹ)”
  • Urdu: “الجزیرہ (ریاست)”
  • Urdu: “الجزیرہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Al Jazirah”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Al Jazirah”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալ Ժազիրա”
  • Western Panjabi: “ال جزیرہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “杰济拉州”
  • Zulu: “Gezira (isifundazwe)”
  • Zulu: “Gezira”

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