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Vinony's link graph records 214 inbound references to White Nile, and connects out to Sudan, Arabic and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in SD.
Vinony files it under States of Sudan and White Nile State.
Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Sudan
- Region
- Butana
- Capital
- Rabak
- Governor
- Ismail Fath al-Rahman Hamed Warraq
- Total
- 39,701 km (15,329 sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( CAT )
- Hdi 2017
- 0.488 , low
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 39701
- Image
- Rabak...jpg
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- Commons category
- White Nile (state)
- P12749
- Jean Sibelius
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Encyclopedic overview
White Nile State (Arabic: النيل الأبيض, romanized: An Nīl al Ābyaḍ) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 39,701 km and an estimated population of approximately 2,493,880 people (2018 est). The state borders Khartoum to the north, Gezira and Sennar to the east, South Sudan to the south, and Kordofan to the west. Since 1994, Rabak has been the capital of the state; other important cities include Kosti and Ed Dueim. On 21 May 2025, the Sudanese Armed Forces said it had cleared White Nile State of the Rapid Support Forces during the civil war.
Districts
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White Nile” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.