North Kordofan

North Kordofan
شمال كردفان
Šamāl Kurdufān
Postcard featuring camels in El-Obeid (1966)
Postcard featuring camels in El-Obeid (1966)
Official seal of North Kordofan
Location in Sudan.
Location in Sudan.
Coordinates: 14°22′N 29°32′E / 14.367°N 29.533°E / 14.367; 29.533
Country Sudan
RegionKordofan
CapitalEl-Obeid
Government
 • GovernorVacant
Area
 • Total185,302 km2 (71,546 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total3,174,029[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
HDI (2017)0.463[2]
low
Towns in the region.

North Kordofan (Arabic: شمال كردفان, romanizedŠamāl Kurdufān) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 185,302 km2 and an estimated population of 3,174,029 people (2018 est). El-Obeid is the capital of the state.

North Kordofan is generally arid and desert.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2023-06-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.