Northern Darfur
North Darfur State is one of the wilayat or states of Sudan. It is one of the five states composing the Darfur region. It has an area of 296,420 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 2,304,950 in 2018. Al-Fashir is the capital of the state.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: state of Sudan with 2,300,000 residents
- Description: state of Sudan
- Also known as: “North Darfur”, “North Darfur State”, “Northern Darfur State”, “Shamāl Dārfūr”, “Sẖimal Darfour”, “Shimāl Dārfūr”, “Wilāyat Shamāl Dārfūr”, and “Wilāyat Shimāl Dārfūr”
Northern Darfur
- Location: Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Northern Darfur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شمال دارفور”
- Arabic: “ولاية شمال دارفور”
- Bengali: “উত্তর দারফুর”
- Bulgarian: “Северен Дарфур”
- Catalan: “Estat de Darfur del Nord”
- Catalan: “Estat de Darfur Septentrional”
- Catalan: “Shamal Darfur”
- Cebuano: “North Darfur”
- Chinese: “北达尔富尔州”
- Chinese: “北达尔富尔省”
- Chinese: “北達佛州”
- Chinese: “北達佛省”
- Chinese: “北達爾富爾”
- Chinese: “北達爾富爾州”
- Chinese: “北達爾富爾省”
- Danish: “Norddarfur”
- Dimli (individual language): “Darfur Zımey”
- Dimli (individual language): “Darfurê Zımey”
- Dutch: “Noord-Darfoer”
- Dutch: “Shamal Darfur”
- Dutch: “Shamal-Darfoer”
- Dutch: “Shamal-Darfur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ولاية شمال دارفور”
- Esperanto: “Darfuro Norda”
- Esperanto: “Norda Darfuro”
- Esperanto: “Ŝamal Darfur”
- Esperanto: “SD-02”
- Esperanto: “SD-DN”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Darfur”
- French: “Chamal Darfour”
- French: “Darfour du Nord”
- French: “Darfour Nord”
- French: “Darfour septentrional”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი დარფური”
- German: “Nord-Darfur”
- German: “Norddarfur”
- German: “Schamal Darfur”
- German: “SD-02”
- German: “SD-DN”
- German: “Shamal Darfur”
- Greek: “Βόρειο Νταρφούρ”
- Gujarati: “નોર્થ ડાર્ફુર”
- Hebrew: “צפון דארפור”
- Hindi: “उत्तरी दार्फुर”
- Indonesian: “Darfur Utara”
- Italian: “Darfur Settentrionale”
- Italian: “Nord Darfur”
- Japanese: “北ダルフール州”
- Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಡಾರ್ಫರ್”
- Korean: “북 다르푸르 주”
- Korean: “북다르푸르주”
- Korean: “북부 다르푸르 주”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļdārfūra”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Darfūras”
- Malay: “Darfur Utara”
- Malay: “North Darfur”
- Marathi: “नॉर्थ दारफुर”
- Northern Frisian: “Nuurd Daarfuur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Darfur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shamal Darfur”
- Norwegian: “Nord-Darfur”
- Persian: “دارفور شمالی”
- Polish: “Darfur Północny”
- Polish: “Szamal Darfur”
- Portuguese: “Darfur do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Darfur Norte”
- Portuguese: “Schamal darfor”
- Romanian: “Statul Darfur de Nord”
- Russian: “Северный Дарфур”
- Serbian: “Severni Darfur”
- Serbian: “Северни Дарфур”
- Serbian: “شمال دارفور”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු ඩාර්ෆුර්”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු ඩාෆුර් ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovenian: “Severni Darfur”
- South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی دارفور”
- Spanish: “Darfur del Norte”
- Spanish: “Estado de Darfur del Norte”
- Spanish: “Shamal Darfur”
- Swahili: “Kaskazini Darfur”
- Swedish: “Norra Darfur”
- Swedish: “Shamal Darfur”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு டார்பர்”
- Tatar: “Төньяк Дарфур”
- Telugu: “ఉత్తర డార్ఫూర్”
- Thai: “รัฐชะมาลดารฟูร”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Darfur Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Darfur”
- Ukrainian: “Північний Дарфур”
- Urdu: “شمالی دارفور”
- Vietnamese: “Bắc Darfur”
- Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan nga Darfur”
- Waray (Philippines): “North Darfur”
- Western Armenian: “Հիւսիսային Տարֆուր”
- Zulu: “North Darfur”
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