Location of Kurdufan in Sudan

Kurdufan (sometimes Kordofan) is a former province of central Sudan. In 1994 it was divided into three new federal states: North Kurdufan, South Kurdufan, and West Kurdufan. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x733, 83 KB) Description: Map of en:Sudan, region en:Kurdufan Beschreibung: Karte von de:Sudan, Region de:Kurdufan old image originally from Wikimedia Commons http://commons. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x733, 83 KB) Description: Map of en:Sudan, region en:Kurdufan Beschreibung: Karte von de:Sudan, Region de:Kurdufan old image originally from Wikimedia Commons http://commons. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyas, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of the Second World War. ... Shamal Kurdufan (Northern Kordofan) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... South Kurdufan South Kurdufan (Janub Kurdufan) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... West Kurdufan West Kurdufan (Gharb Kurdufan) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ...

Geography

Kurdufan covers an area of some 146,932 km² (56,730 miles²); with an estimated population in 2000 of 3.6 million (3 million in 1983). It is largely undulating plain, with the Nuba Mountains in the south east quarter. During the rainy season from June to September the area is fertile, but in the dry season it is virtually desert. The region’s chief town is El Obeid. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nuba Mountains are a mountain range in Kordofan, a province in central Sudan, Africa. ... Al-Ubayyid (also El Obeid) is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan in central Sudan. ...

Economy and demography

Traditionally the area is known for production of gum Arabic. Other crops include groundnuts, cotton, and millet. The main ethnic groups are the Nuba, Shilluk, and Dinka. Large grazing areas used by Arabic-speaking, semi-nomadic Baggara and camel-raising Kababish. Gum arabic is a substance that is taken from two sub-Saharan species of the acacia tree. ... This article is about peanut, the food. ... Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Nutrition information for one cup of cooked millet Millet is the collective name of a group of genera of the grass family(Gramineae/Paniceae) widely grown around the world for food or animal feed. ... Nuba is a collective term used for the peoples who inhabit the Nuba Mountains, in Kordofan province, Sudan, Africa. ... The Shilluk are a major Nilotic ethnic group of southern Sudan, living on the west bank of the Nile around the city of Malakal. ... The Dinka are a people of southern Sudan, inhabiting the swamplands of the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin. ... The Baggara or Baqqarah are a nomadic Bedouin people inhabiting the Darfur region of western Sudan and Chad. ...

The Kordofanian languages are spoken by a small minority in southern Kordofan and are unique to the region, as are the Kadu languages. Several Kordofanian languages are spoken in the Nuba hills of Kordofan, in Sudan. ...

History

The Mahdi captured El Obeid in 1883. The Egyptian government dispatched a force from Cairo under the British General William Hicks, which was ambushed and annihilated at Sheikan to the south of El Obeid. Following British reoccupation in 1898, Kurdufan was added to the number of provinces of the Sudan. Muhammad Ahmad ibn as Sayyid Abd Allah (otherwise known as The Mahdi or Mohammed Ahmed) (12 August 1844–June 22, 1885) was a Muslim religious leader, a faqir, in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. ... Al-Ubayyid (also El Obeid) is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan in central Sudan. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Although technically in Giza, The Great Pyramids have become a symbol of Cairo internationally Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; romanized: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ... William Hicks (als known as Hicks Pascha, 1830 - 1883), British soldier, entered the Bombay army in 1849, and served through the Indian mutiny, being mentioned in despatches for good conduct at the action of Sitka Ghaut in 1859. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...