North Kordofan
North Kordofan is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 185,302 km2 and an estimated population of 3,174,029 people. El-Obeid is the capital of the state. North Kordofan's climate is arid to semi-arid.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
- Location: Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“North Kordofan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شمال كردفان”
- Arabic: “شمال كردفان”
- Arabic: “ولاية شمال كردفان”
- 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”
- Hindi: “उत्तर कुर्दुफान”
- Indonesian: “Kurdufan Utara”
- Italian: “Kordofan Settentrionale”
- Japanese: “北コルドファン州”
- Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ಡುಫನ್”
- 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”
- Persian: “کردفان شمالی”
- Polish: “Kordofan Północny”
- Polish: “Szamal Kurdufan”
- Portuguese: “Cordofão do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Kurdufan do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Shamal Kurdufan”
- 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”
- 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”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு குர்துபான்”
- Tatar: “Төньяк Кордофан”
- Telugu: “ఉత్తరం కుర్దుఫాన్”
- Thai: “รัฐชะมาลกุรดุฟาน”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Kordofan Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Kordofan”
- Ukrainian: “Північний Кордофан”
- Urdu: “شمالی کردفان”
- 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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