Key facts
- Country
- Sudan
- Region
- Nuba Mountains
- Capital
- Kaduqli
- Governor
- Hamed al-Bashir Ibrahim
- Total
- 79,470 km (30,680 sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( CAT )
- Hdi 2017
- 0.431 , low
via Wikipedia infobox
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South Kordofan (Arabic: جنوب كردفان Ǧanūb Kurdufān) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It borders North Kordofan to the north, West Kordofan to the west, South Sudan to the south and east, and White Nile to the northeast. It has an area of 158,355 km and an estimated population of approximately 2,107,623 people (2018 est). Kaduqli is the capital of the state. It is centered on the Nuba Mountains. At one time it was supposed that South Kordofan was the only state in (North) Sudan suitable for producing oil, but oil has also been discovered in neighboring White Nile State in larger quantities.
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