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)