North Kordofan

North Kordofan is one of the 18 wilayat or states of . It has an area of 185,302 km2 and an estimated population of 3,174,029 people. is the capital of the state. North Kordofan's climate is arid to semi-arid.
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  • Type: state of Sudan with 3,340,000 residents
  • Description: state of Sudan
  • Also known as: North Kordofan State”, “North Kurdufan”, “Northern Kordofan”, “Northern Kordofan State”, “Shamāl Kurdufān”, “Sẖimal Kurdofan”, “Shimāl Kurdufān”, “Wilāyat Shamāl Kurdufān”, and “Wilāyat Shimāl Kurdufān

North Kordofan

Latitude
14.6833° or 14° 41′ north
Longitude
29.9333° or 29° 56′ east
Population
3,340,000
Elevation
482 metres (1,581 feet)
Open location code
7G6FMWMM+88
Geo­Names ID
408667
Wiki­data ID
Q864093
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“North Kordofan” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: ሰሜናዊ ኮርዶፋን
  • Arabic: شمال كردفان
  • Arabic: شمال كردفان‎
  • Arabic: ولاية شمال كردفان
  • Azerbaijani: Şimal Kordofanı
  • Bengali: উত্তর কুর্দফান
  • Bulgarian: Северен Курдуфан
  • Catalan: Kordofan del Nord
  • Catalan: Kordufan Ash-Shamaliya
  • Catalan: Kordufan Septentrional
  • Cebuano: North Kordofan
  • Chinese: 北科尔多凡州
  • Chinese: 北科尔多凡省
  • Chinese: 北科爾多凡州
  • Chinese: 北科爾多凡省
  • Danish: Nordkordofan
  • Dutch: Noord-Kordofan
  • Dutch: Shamal-Kordofan
  • Egyptian Arabic: ولاية شمال كردفان
  • Esperanto: Kurdufano Norda
  • Esperanto: Norda Kurdufano
  • Esperanto: Ŝamal Kurdufan
  • Esperanto: SD-09
  • Esperanto: SD-KN
  • Finnish: North Kurdufan
  • Finnish: Pohjois-Kordofan
  • French: Chamal Kourdoufan
  • French: Kordofan du Nord
  • French: Kordofan septentrional
  • French: Kordofan-Septentrional
  • French: Kurdufan du Nord
  • French: Kurdufan septentrional
  • French: Kurdufan-Septentrional
  • French: Nord-Kordofan
  • French: Nord-Kurdufan
  • French: North Kurdufan
  • French: Shamal Kordofan
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი კორდოფანი
  • German: Nord-Kordofan
  • German: Nord-Kurdufan
  • German: Nordkordofan
  • German: Nordkurdufan
  • German: Schamal Kurdufan
  • German: SD-09
  • German: SD-KN
  • German: Shamal Kurdufan
  • Greek: Βόρειο Κορντοφάν
  • Gujarati: નોર્થ કુર્દૂફાન
  • Hausa: Arewacin Kordofan
  • Hindi: उत्तर कुर्दुफान
  • Indonesian: Kurdufan Utara
  • Italian: Kordofan Settentrionale
  • Japanese: 北コルドファン州
  • Javanese: Kordofan Lor
  • Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ಡುಫನ್
  • Kazakh: Түндік Кордофан
  • Kirghiz: Түндүк Кордофан
  • Korean: 북부 쿠르두판 주
  • Korean: 북쿠르두판주
  • Latin: Cordofania Borealis
  • Latvian: Ziemeļkordofāna
  • Lithuanian: Šiaurės Kordofanas
  • Malay: Kurdufan Utara
  • Malay: North Kurdufan
  • Marathi: नॉर्थ कुर्दुफान
  • Northern Frisian: Nuurd Kurdufaan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nord Kurdufan
  • Oromo: Kordofan Kaaba
  • Panjabi: ਉਤਰੀ ਕਰਦੋਫਾਨ
  • Persian: کردفان شمالی
  • Polish: Kordofan Północny
  • Polish: Szamal Kurdufan
  • Portuguese: Cordofão do Norte
  • Portuguese: Kurdufan do Norte
  • Portuguese: Shamal Kurdufan
  • Pushto: شمالي کردوفان
  • Romanian: Statul Kordofan de Nord
  • Russian: Северный Кордофан
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverni Kordofan
  • Sinhala: උතුරු කුර්දුෆාන්
  • Sinhala: උතුරු කෝඩෝෆාන් ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovenian: SD-09
  • Slovenian: Severni Kordofan
  • Somali: Kordofan Waqooyi
  • South Azerbaijani: قوزئی کوردفان
  • Spanish: Estado de Kordofán del Norte
  • Spanish: Kordofan del Norte
  • Spanish: Kordofán del Norte
  • Spanish: Shamal Kurdufan
  • Swahili: Kaskazini Kurdufan
  • Swahili: Kordofan Kaskazini
  • Swedish: Norra Kordofan
  • Swedish: Shamal Kurdufan
  • Tajik: Кордуфони Шимолӣ
  • Tamil: வடக்கு குர்துபான்
  • Tatar: Төньяк Кордофан
  • Telugu: ఉత్తరం కుర్దుఫాన్
  • Thai: รัฐชะมาลกุรดุฟาน
  • Turkish: Kuzey Kordofan Eyaleti
  • Turkish: Kuzey Kordofan
  • Ukrainian: Північний Кордофан
  • Urdu: شمالی کردفان
  • Uzbek: Shimoliy Kordofan
  • Vietnamese: Bắc Kordofan
  • Vietnamese: Bắc Kurdufan
  • Waray (Philippines): Amihanan nga Kurdufan
  • Waray (Philippines): North Kurdufan
  • Western Armenian: Հիւսիսային Քորտոֆան
  • Western Panjabi: اتلا کردوفان
  • Zulu: North Kordofan

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