Gharb Darfur (Western Darfur) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 79,460 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 1,500,000 (2000). Al-Junaynah is the capital of the state.
Darfur's economy is primarily based on subsistence agriculture, producing cereals, fruit and tobacco as well as livestock in the drier north.
The natives of Bahr el Ghazal paid tribute to Darfur, and these were the chief articles of merchandise sold by the Darfurians to the Egyptian traders along the road to Asyut.
Northern Darfur's capital is Al Fashir; Southern Darfur's is Nyala; and Wester Darfur's is Al Junaynah.
Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning "home of the Fur") is a region of the far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic and Chad.
Hassan is described as a religious but avaricious man. In the later part of his reign he became involved in trouble with the Arab slave raiders who had seized the Bahr el Ghazal, looked upon by the Darfurians as their especial slave preserve.
The natives of Bahr el Ghazal paid tribute of ivory and slaves to Darfur, and these were the chief articles of merchandise sold by the Darfurians to the Egyptian traders along the road to Asyut.
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