States of the Republic of Sudan

 

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

1.     Khartoum                                       (Wilāyat Kharṭūm)

2.     North Kordofan               (Wilāyat Shamāl Kurdufān)

3.     Northern                            (Wilāyat ash-Shamāliyyah)

4.     Kassala                                             (Wilāyat Kassalā)

5.     Blue Nile                             (Wilāyat an-Nīl al-Azraq)

6.     North Darfur                         (Wilāyat Shamāl Dārfūr)

7.     South Darfur                            (Wilāyat Janūb Dārfūr)

8.     South Kordofan                  (Wilāyat Janūb Kurdufān)

9.     Al Jazirah                                       (Wilāyat al-Jazīrah)

10.                        White Nile                          (Wilāyat an-Nīl al-Abyaḍ)

11.                        River Nile                                  (Wilāyat Nahr an-Nīl)

12.                        Red Sea                             (Wilāyat al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar)

13.                        Al Qadarif                                     (Wilāyat al-Qaḍārif)

14.                        Sinnar                                                 (Wilāyat Sinnār)

15.                        West Darfur                             (Wilāyat Gharb Dārfūr)

16.                        Central Darfur                           (Wilāyat Wasṭ Dārfūr)

17.                        East Darfur                               (Wilāyat Sharq Dārfūr)

18.                        West Kordofan                    (Wilāyat Gharb Kurdufān) (disestablished in 2005; reestablished in 2013)