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Key facts
- Country
- Sudan
- Region
- Butana
- Capital
- Kassala
- Type
- Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council
- Governor
- Sadig Mohamed El Azrag
- Total
- 36,710 km (14,170 sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( CAT )
- Hdi 2017
- 0.453 , low
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 36710
- Image
- Kassala onion Totil.jpg
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Kassala (Arabic: ولاية كسلا, called Ash Sharqiyah during 1991–1994) is one of the 18 wilayat (states) of Sudan. It has an area of 36,710 km and an estimated population of approximately 2,519,071 in 2018. The state borders Khartoum to the west, Qadarif to the south, Eritrea to the east, River Nile to the northwest, and Red Sea State to the northeast. Kassala is the capital of the state. Towns in the state of Kassala include Aroma, Hamashkoraib, Halfa el Jadida (New Halfa), Khashm el Girba and Telkuk.
In 2016, Kassala State suffered a severe bread shortage.
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