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Northern Bahr al Ghazal

Northern Bahr el Ghazal is a state in . It has an area of 30,543 km2 and is part of the region. It borders in to the north, to the west and south, and Warrap and the disputed region of to the east.
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  • Type: State with 721,000 residents
  • Description: state of South Sudan
  • Also known as: “Northern Bahr el Ghazal”, “Northern Bahr el Ghazal State”, “Shamāl Baḩr al Ghazāl”, “S̲h̲arq Baḩr al Ghazal”, “Sẖimal Baẖar al Ghazal”, “Shimāl Baḩr al Ghazāl”, “Wilāyat Shamāl Baḩr al Ghazāl”, and “Wilāyat Shimāl Baḩr al Ghazāl”

Northern Bahr al Ghazal

Latitude
9° north
Longitude
27° east
Population
721,000
Elevation
494 metres (1,621 feet)
Open location code
6GX92222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 321446192
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
408665
Wiki­data ID
Q491111
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Northern Bahr al Ghazal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شمال بحر الغزال”
  • Arabic: “ولاية شمال بحر الغزال”
  • Bengali: “নর্দান বাহ্র এল ঘেসাল”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен Бахър ал Газал”
  • Catalan: “Bahr al-Ghazal del nord”
  • Catalan: “Bahr al-Ghazal Septentrional”
  • Catalan: “North Bahr al-Ghazal”
  • Catalan: “Nothern Bhar al-Ghazal”
  • Cebuano: “Northern Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Chinese: “北加扎勒河州”
  • Chinese: “北加扎勒河省”
  • Chinese: “北加札爾河州”
  • Chinese: “北加札爾河省”
  • Danish: “Northern Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Dutch: “Northern Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Dutch: “Shamal-Bahr-al-Ghazal”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Finnish: “Northern Bahr el-Ghazal”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoinen Bahr el-Ghazal”
  • French: “Bahr al-Ghazal septentrional”
  • French: “Bahr el Ghazal du Nord”
  • French: “Chamal Bahr al Ghazal”
  • French: “Chamal Bahr al-Ghazal”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი ბაჰრ-ელ-გაზალი”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი ბაჰრ-ელ-ღაზალი”
  • German: “Northern Bahr el Ghazal”
  • German: “Schamal Bahr al-Ghazal”
  • German: “SD-15”
  • German: “Shamal Bahr al Ghazal”
  • Greek: “Βόρειο Μπαχρ ελ Γκαζάλ”
  • Gujarati: “નધર્ન બાહર અલ ગઝલ”
  • Hebrew: “צפון בחר אל-ע’זאל”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी बहर एल ग़ज़ल”
  • Indonesian: “Bahr al Ghazal Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Bahr el Ghazal Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Bahrul Ghazal Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Shamal Bahr al-Ghazal”
  • Italian: “Bahr al Ghazal Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Bahr al-Ghazal Settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “北バハル・アル・ガザール州”
  • Kannada: “ನಾರ್ದರ್ನ್ ಬಹರ್ ಎಲ್ ಘಝಲ್”
  • Korean: “북바르알가잘주”
  • Korean: “북부 바르알가잘 주”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļu Bahrelgazāla”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Bahr al Gazalis”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Bahr el Gazalis”
  • Macedonian: “Северен Бахр ел-Газал”
  • Malay: “Bahrul Ghazal Utara”
  • Marathi: “उत्तरी बह्र एल गझल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Northern Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bahr el Ghazal del Nòrd”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bahr el Ghazal Septentrional”
  • Polish: “Bahr al-Ghazal Północny”
  • Polish: “Bahr el Ghazal Północny”
  • Polish: “Szamal Bahr al-Ghazal”
  • Portuguese: “Bahr al-Ghazal do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Bar-El-Gazal do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Schamal bahr al-ghaza”
  • Romanian: “Statul Bahr al Ghazal de Nord”
  • Russian: “Северный Бахр-эль-Газаль”
  • Serbian: “Северни Бахр ел Газал”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු බාහ්ර් එල් ගසාල්”
  • Slovenian: “SD-15”
  • Slovenian: “Severni Bar el Gazal”
  • Spanish: “Bahr al Ghazal del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Bahr al-Gazal del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Bahr el-Ghazal del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Bar el gazal del norte”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Bar el Gazal del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Shamal Bahr al Ghazal”
  • Swahili: “Bahr al-Ghazal Kaskazini”
  • Swahili: “Kaskazini Bahr al Ghazal”
  • Swedish: “Northern Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Swedish: “Shamal Bahr al-Ghazal”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு பார் எல் கஜல்”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర బహర్ ఎల్ గజల్”
  • Thai: “นอทเทิร์น บาฮ์ เอล กาฮ์เซล”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Bahr el Gazal”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Бахр-ель-Газаль”
  • Urdu: “شمالی بحر الغزال”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Baxr-al-G’azal”
  • Uzbek: “Шимолий Бахр-ал-Г’азал”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan nga Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Northern Bahr el Ghazal”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا بہر ال غزل”
  • Zulu: “Northern Bahr el Ghazal”

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