States of Sudan

The following 18 states form the territory of the Republic of the Sudan:

1. Khartoum (ولاية خرطوم Wilāyat Kharṭūm)
2. North Kordofan (ولاية شمال كردفان Wilāyat Shamāl Kurdufān)
3. Northern (ولاية الشمالية Wilāyat ash-Shamāliyyah)
4. Kassala (ولاية كسّلا Wilāyat Kassalā)
5. Blue Nile (ولاية النيل الأزرق Wilāyat an-Nīl al-Azraq)
6. North Darfur (ولاية شمال دارفور Wilāyat Shamāl Dārfūr)
7. South Darfur (ولاية جنوب دارفور Wilāyat Janūb Dārfūr)
8. South Kordofan (ولاية جنوب كردفان Wilāyat Janūb Kurdufān)
9. Gezira (ولاية الجزيرة Wilāyat al-Jazīrah)
10. White Nile (ولاية النيل الأبيض Wilāyat an-Nīl al-Abyaḍ)
11. River Nile (ولاية نهر النيل Wilāyat Nahr an-Nīl)
12. Red Sea (ولاية البحر الأحمر Wilāyat al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar)
13. Al Qadarif (ولاية القضارف Wilāyat al-Qaḍārif)
14. Sennar (ولاية سنّار Wilāyat Sinnār)
15. West Darfur (ولاية غرب دارفور Wilāyat Gharb Dārfūr)
16. Central Darfur (ولاية وسط دارفور Wilāyat Wasṭ Dārfūr)
17. East Darfur (ولاية شرق دارفور Wilāyat Sharq Dārfūr)
18. West Kordofan (ولاية غرب كردفان Wilāyat Gharb Kurdufān) (disestablished in 2005; reestablished in 2013)[1][2]

  South Sudan (held referendum in 2011, seceded in July 2011)

  Abyei (to hold referendum in 2011, postponed indefinitely)

  States to hold "popular consultations" in 2011: South Kordofan (process suspended) and Blue Nile (status unclear)

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyat, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of World War II. The eight provinces were: Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kordofan, Northern, and Upper Nile. In 1948, Bahr al Ghazal split from Equatoria.

There were numerous new provinces created on 1 July 1973. North and South Darfur were created from Darfur, while Kurdufan divided into North and South Kordofan. Gezira and White Nile were split off from Blue Nile. River Nile split off from Northern. Red Sea was split off from Kassala.

A further fracturing of provinces occurred in 1976. Lakes split from Bahr al Ghazal, and Jonglei split off from Upper Nile. Equatoria divided into Eastern and Western Equatoria. There were thus eighteen provinces. In 1991, the government reorganized the administrative regions into nine federal states, matching the nine provinces that had existed from 1948 to 1973. On 14 February 1994, the government reorganized yet again, creating twenty-six wilayat (states). The majority of the wilayat were either the old provinces or administrative subregions of a province. As part of the new government structure in South Sudan in 2005, Bahr al Jabal was renamed Central Equatoria. In 2006, West Kurdufan was split and merged with North Kurdufan and South Kordofan.

In January 2012, the new states of Central Darfur and East Darfur were created in the Darfur region, bringing the total number of states to 17.[3] In July 2013, West Kurdufan was reestablished.[4][5]

Since April 2019, states in Sudan have been without state governments and legislative councils.

• ISO 3166-2:SD
• List of current state governors in Sudan
• List of Sudanese states by population
• List of Sudanese states by Human Development Index
• States of South Sudan — first-level administrative division of the Republic of South Sudan

• "States of Sudan". Statoids.
• States of Sudan. Archived April 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
• 2008 Census Results Archived 2018-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, Central Bureau of Statistics