Western Bahr al Ghazal

Western Bahr el Ghazal is a state in . It has an area of 93,900 km2 and as of 2020 has estimated 600,000 in population. It is part of the region.
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  • Type: state of South Sudan with 333,000 residents
  • Description: state of South Sudan
  • Also known as: Gharb Baḩr al Ghazāl”, “Gharb Baẖr al Qaazal”, “Western Bahr el Ghazal”, “Western Bahr el Ghazal State”, “Western Bahr el Ghazal|”, and “Wilāyat Gharb Baḩr al Ghazāl

Western Bahr al Ghazal

Latitude
8.15° or 8° 9′ north
Longitude
26° east
Population
333,000
Elevation
628 metres (2,060 feet)
Open location code
6GW85222+22
Geo­Names ID
408657
Wiki­data ID
Q332095
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Western Bahr al Ghazal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غرب بحر الغزال
  • Arabic: ولاية غرب بحر الغزال
  • Belarusian: Заходні Бахр-эль-Газаль
  • Bengali: ওয়েস্টার্ন বাহ্র এল ঘাজাল
  • Bulgarian: Западен Бахр ал-Гхазал
  • Bulgarian: Западен Бахър ал Газал
  • Catalan: Bahr al-Ghazal de l’oest
  • Catalan: Bahr al-Ghazal Occidental
  • Catalan: West Bahr al-Ghazal
  • Catalan: Western Bahr al-Ghazal
  • Cebuano: Western Bahr el Ghazal State
  • Chinese: 西加扎勒河州
  • Chinese: 西加扎勒河省
  • Chinese: 西加札爾河州
  • Chinese: 西加札爾河省
  • Danish: Western Bahr el Ghazal
  • Dutch: Gharb-Bahr-al-Ghazal
  • Dutch: Western Bahr el Ghazal
  • Esperanto: Okcidenta Bahr el Ghazal
  • Finnish: Gharb Bahr al-Ghazal
  • Finnish: Läntinen Bahr el-Ghazal
  • Finnish: Western Bahr el-Ghazal
  • French: Bahr el Ghazal occidental
  • French: Gharb Bahr al Ghazal
  • Galician: Bahr al-Ghazal Occidental
  • Georgian: დასავლეთი ბაჰრ-ელ-გაზალი
  • Georgian: დასავლეთი ბაჰრ-ელ-ღაზალი
  • German: Gharb Bahr al Ghazal
  • German: Gharb Bahr al-Ghazal
  • German: Western Bahr el Ghazal
  • Greek: Γουέστερν Μπαχρ ελ Γκαζάλ
  • Gujarati: વેસ્ટર્ન બાહર એલ ગઝલ
  • Hebrew: מערב בחר אל-ע’זאל
  • Hindi: पश्चिमी बहर एल ग़ज़ल
  • Indonesian: Bahr al Ghazal Barat
  • Indonesian: Bahr el Ghazal Barat
  • Indonesian: Bahrul Ghazal Barat
  • Indonesian: Gharb Bahr al Ghazal
  • Italian: Bahr al Ghazal Occidentale
  • Italian: Bahr al-Ghazal Occidentale
  • Japanese: 西バハル・アル・ガザール州
  • Kannada: ವೆಸ್ಟರ್ನ್ ಬಹರ್ ಎಲ್ ಘಝಲ್
  • Korean: 서바르알가잘주
  • Korean: 서부 바르알가잘 주
  • Latvian: Rietumbahrelgazāla
  • Lithuanian: Vakarų Bahr al Gazalis
  • Lithuanian: Vakarų Bahr el Gazalis
  • Macedonian: Западен Бахр ел-Газал
  • Malay: Bahrul Ghazal Barat
  • Marathi: वेस्टर्न बह्र एल गझल
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Western Bahr el Ghazal
  • Occitan (post 1500): Bahr el Ghazal de l’Oèst
  • Occitan (post 1500): Bahr el Ghazal Occidental
  • Polish: Bahr al-Ghazal Zachodni
  • Polish: Bahr el Ghazal Zachodni
  • Portuguese: Bahr al ghazal ocidental
  • Portuguese: Bahr al-Ghazal Ocidental
  • Portuguese: Bar-El-Gazal Ocidental
  • Portuguese: Gharb Bahr al Ghazal
  • Romanian: Statul Bahr al Ghazal de Vest
  • Russian: Западный Бахр-эль-Газаль
  • Serbian: Западни Бахр ел Газал
  • Sinhala: බටහිර බහර් එල් ගසාල්
  • Slovenian: Zahodni Bar el Gazal
  • Spanish: Bahr al Ghazal del Oeste
  • Spanish: Bahr al-Gazal Occidental
  • Spanish: Bahr el-Ghazal Occidental
  • Spanish: Bar el gazal del oeste
  • Spanish: Bar el Gazal Occidental
  • Spanish: Estado de Bar el Gazal Occidental
  • Spanish: Gharb Bahr al Ghazal
  • Swahili: Bahr al Ghazal ya Kimagharibi
  • Swahili: Bahr al-Ghazal Magharibi
  • Swedish: Gharb Bahr al-Ghazal
  • Swedish: Western Bahr el Ghazal
  • Tamil: மேற்கு பார் எல் கஜல்
  • Telugu: పశ్చిమ బహర్ ఎల్ గజల్
  • Thai: เวสเทิร์น บาฮ์ เอล การ์เซล
  • Turkish: Batı Bahr el Gazal
  • Turkish: Batı Bahr el Ghazal
  • Ukrainian: Західний Бахр-ель-Газаль
  • Urdu: مغربی بحر الغزال
  • Vietnamese: Tây Bahr el Ghazal
  • Waray (Philippines): Katundan nga Bahr el Ghazal
  • Waray (Philippines): Western Bahr el Ghazal
  • Western Panjabi: لیندا باہر ال غزل
  • Zulu: Western Bahr el Ghazal

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