River Nile

River Nile State is one of the 18 wilayat or states of . It has an area of 122,123 km² and an estimated population of 1,511,442. It is made up of seven localities.
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  • Type: state of Sudan with 1,510,000 residents
  • Description: state of Sudan
  • Also known as: An Nīl”, “Nahr an Nil”, “Nahr an Nīl”, “Nile”, “River Nile State”, and “Wilāyat Nahr an Nīl

River Nile

Latitude
19° north
Longitude
33.2° or 33° 12′ east
Population
1,510,000
Elevation
419 metres (1,375 feet)
Open location code
7GFM252X+2X
Geo­Names ID
408664
Wiki­data ID
Q849297
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“River Nile” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر النيل
  • Arabic: ولاية نهر النيل
  • Azerbaijani: Nil vilayəti
  • Belarusian: Ніл
  • Bengali: নীলনদ
  • Bulgarian: Река Нил
  • Catalan: An Nil
  • Catalan: An-Nil
  • Catalan: Estat del Riu Nil
  • Catalan: Nahr al-Nil
  • Catalan: Nahr an Nil
  • Catalan: Nahr an-Nil
  • Catalan: Provincià del Riu Nil
  • Catalan: Província del Riu Nil
  • Cebuano: River Nile
  • Chinese: 尼罗州
  • Chinese: 尼罗河州
  • Chinese: 尼罗省
  • Chinese: 尼羅州
  • Chinese: 尼羅省
  • Danish: Nilen
  • Dutch: Nahr-an-Nil
  • Dutch: Nijl
  • Egyptian Arabic: ولاية نهر النيل
  • Esperanto: Nahr an Nil
  • Esperanto: Nilo
  • Esperanto: Rivero Nilo
  • Esperanto: SD-NR
  • Esperanto: Ŝtato Nilo
  • Finnish: Nahr an-Nil
  • Finnish: River Nile
  • French: État du Nil
  • French: Nahr an Nil
  • French: Nil
  • Galician: Estado do Río Nilo
  • Georgian: ნილოსის შტატი
  • German: Nahr an Nil
  • German: Nahr an-Nil
  • German: SD-04
  • German: SD-NR
  • Greek: Κρατίδιο του Νείλου Ποταμού
  • Gujarati: રિવર નાઇલ
  • Hindi: नील नदी
  • Indonesian: Sungai Nil
  • Italian: Nilo
  • Japanese: ナイル川州
  • Kannada: ನೈಲ್ ನದಿ
  • Korean: 나일주
  • Latvian: Nīlas vilājs
  • Lithuanian: Nilo Upės vilajetas
  • Malay: Negeri Sungai Nil
  • Malay: River Nile
  • Malay: Sungai Nil
  • Marathi: रिव्हर नाईल
  • Northern Frisian: Niil Struum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nil elven
  • Persian: رود نیل (ایالت)
  • Persian: رود نیل
  • Polish: Nahr an-Nil
  • Polish: Nil
  • Portuguese: Nahr an-nil
  • Portuguese: Rio Nilo
  • Portuguese: River Nile
  • Romanian: Statul Râul Nil
  • Russian: Нил
  • Scots: River Nile
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nil (vilajet)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nil
  • Sinhala: නයිල් ගංගා ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Sinhala: නයිල් ගංගාව
  • Slovak: Níl
  • South Azerbaijani: نیل چایی اوستانی
  • Spanish: Estado del Río Nilo
  • Spanish: Nahr an Nil
  • Spanish: Rio Nilo
  • Spanish: Río Nilo
  • Swahili: Mto Nile, Sudan
  • Swahili: Mto Nile
  • Swedish: Nahr an-Nil
  • Tajik: Наҳр-ан-Нил
  • Tajik: Нил
  • Tamil: ரிவேர் நில்
  • Telugu: రివర్ నైల్
  • Thai: รัฐนะฮ์รุนนีล
  • Turkish: Nil Nehri Eyaleti
  • Turkish: Nil Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Ніл
  • Urdu: دریائے نیل (اسٹیٹ)
  • Urdu: دریائے نیل (ریاست)
  • Urdu: دریائے نیل
  • Vietnamese: Sông Nin
  • Waray (Philippines): River Nile
  • Waray (Philippines): Salog Nilo
  • Western Armenian: Նեղոս գետ
  • Western Panjabi: دریاۓ نیل صوبہ
  • Zulu: River Nile (isifundazwe)
  • Zulu: River Nile

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