Northern Darfur

North Darfur State is one of the wilayat or states of . It is one of the five states composing the . It has an area of 296,420 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 2,304,950 in 2018. is the capital of the state.
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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

Latitude
16° north
Longitude
25.5° or 25° 30′ east
Population
2,300,000
Elevation
866 metres (2,841 feet)
Open location code
7G872G22+22
Geo­Names ID
408666
Wiki­data ID
Q688306
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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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