Kordofan
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Kordofan ( '''') is a former province of central Sudan. In 1994 it was divided into three new federal states: North Kordofan, South Kordofan and West Kordofan. In August 2005, West Kordofan State was abolished and its territory divided between North and South Kordofan States, as part of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. West Kordofan was reestablished in July 2013.
Key facts
- Former subdivision.conventional_long_name
- Kordofan
- Former subdivision.common_name
- Kordofan
- Former subdivision.subdivision
- Province
- Former subdivision.nation
- Sudan
- Former subdivision.capital
- El-Obeid
- Former subdivision.today
- Sudan
- Former subdivision.year_start
- 1898
- Former subdivision.year_end
- 1994
- Former subdivision.image_flag
- Flag of North Kurdufan.svg
- Former subdivision.image_map
- Map Sudan Kurdufan.png
- Former subdivision.image_map_caption
- Location of Kordofan in Sudan
- Former subdivision.s1
- North Kordofan
- Former subdivision.s2
- South Kordofan
- Former subdivision.s3
- West Kordofan
- Former subdivision.stat_year1
- 2018
- Former subdivision.stat_area1
- 376145
- Former subdivision.stat_pop1
- 6,602,057
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Early history, Economy, and Demography
- History
- Before 1840
- After 1840
- See also
- Notes and references
- Further reading
- External links
Kordofan ( '''') is a former province of central Sudan. In 1994 it was divided into three new federal states: North Kordofan, South Kordofan and West Kordofan. In August 2005, West Kordofan State was abolished and its territory divided between North and South Kordofan States, as part of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. West Kordofan was reestablished in July 2013.
==Geography== Kordofan covers an area of some 376,145 km2 (146,932 miles²), with an estimated population in 2000 of 3.6 million (3 million in 1983). It is largely an undulating plain, with the Nuba Mountains in the southeast quarter. During the rainy season from June to September, the area is fertile, but in the dry season, it is virtually desert. The region's chief town is El-Obeid.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kordofan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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