West Kordofan

West Kordofan is one of the 18 wilayat or provinces of . In 2006 it had an area of 111,373 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 1,320,405. is the capital of the state.
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  • Type: state of Sudan with 1,320,000 residents
  • Description: state of Sudan
  • Also known as: Gharb Kurdufān”, “West Kordofan State”, “West Kurdufan”, “Western Kordofan”, “Western Kordofan State”, and “Wilāyat Gharb Kurdufān

West Kordofan

Latitude
11.8333° or 11° 50′ north
Longitude
28.3167° or 28° 19′ east
Population
1,320,000
Elevation
578 metres (1,896 feet)
Open location code
7G3CR8M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
408659
Wiki­data ID
Q536396
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“West Kordofan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غرب كردفان
  • Arabic: ولاية غرب كردفان
  • Bengali: পশ্চিম কুরদুফান
  • Catalan: Kordofan de l’Oest
  • Cebuano: West Kordofan State
  • Chinese: 西科尔多凡州
  • Croatian: Zapadni Kordofan
  • Dutch: Gharb-Kordofan
  • Dutch: West-Kordofan
  • Egyptian Arabic: ولاية غرب كردفان
  • Esperanto: Garb Kurdufan
  • Esperanto: Okcidenta Kurdufano
  • Esperanto: SD-GK
  • Finnish: Länsi-Kordofan
  • French: Kordofan-Occidental
  • German: Gharb Kurdufan
  • German: SD-GK
  • German: West-Kurdufan
  • Indonesian: Kurdufan Barat
  • Italian: Kordofan Occidentale
  • Japanese: 西コルドファン州
  • Korean: 서부 쿠르두판 주
  • Korean: 서쿠르두판주
  • Malay: Kurdufan Barat
  • Northern Frisian: Waast Kurdufaan
  • Persian: غرب کردفان
  • Persian: کردفان غربی
  • Polish: Kordofan Zachodni
  • Portuguese: Cordofão Ocidental
  • Romanian: Statul Kordofan de Vest
  • Russian: Западный Кордофан
  • Serbian: Западни Кордофан
  • Serbo-Croatian: Zapadni Kordofan
  • Sinhala: බටහිර කොර්ඩොෆාන් ප්‍රාන්තය (සුඩානය)
  • Sinhala: බටහිර කොර්ඩොෆාන් ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovenian: Zahodni Kordofan
  • South Azerbaijani: باتی دارفور ایالتی
  • Spanish: Estado de Kordofán del Oeste
  • Spanish: Kordofan del Oeste
  • Spanish: Kordofán del Oeste
  • Swahili: Kordofan Magharibi
  • Swahili: Magharibi Kurdufan
  • Thai: รัฐฆ็อรบ์กุรดุฟาน
  • Turkish: Batı Kordofan
  • Ukrainian: Західний Кордофан
  • Urdu: مغربی کردفان
  • Zulu: West Kordofan

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