West Bahr al Ghazal (Gharb Bahr al Ghazal) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 93,900 km² and is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. Waw is the capital of the state. 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. ... Foreign relations Main article: Foreign relations of Sudan Sudan has a territorial dispute with Egypt over the Halaib Triangle. ... The Bahr el Ghazal is both a river and a region of southwestern Sudan, the region taking its name from the river. ...
Bahr al Jabal | Blue Nile | East Equatoria | Al Jazirah | Junqali | Kassala | Khartoum | Lakes | North Bahr al Ghazal | North Darfur | North Kurdufan | Northern | Al Qadarif | Red Sea | River Nile | Sennar | South Darfur | South Kurdufan | Unity | Upper Nile | West Equatoria | West Bahr al Ghazal | West Darfur | West Kurdufan | White Nile | Warab 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. ... Large flag of Sudan Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... Bahr al Jabal is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan, with an area of 22,956 km2. ... Blue Nile Blue Nile (An Nil al Azraq) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... East Equatoria East Equatoria (Sharq al Istiwaiyah) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Al Jazirah is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Junqali is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Kassala is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Khartoum Khartoum (also Al Khartum) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Lakes (Al Buhayrat) Lakes (Al Buhayrat) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... North Bahr al Ghazal North Bahr al Ghazal (Shamal Bahr al Ghazal) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... North Darfur North Darfur (Shamal Darfur) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Shamal Kurdufan (Northern Kordofan) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Northern Northern (Ash Shamaliyah) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Al Qadarif is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Red Sea Coast of Sudan Red Sea (Al Bahr al Ahmar) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... River Nile River Nile (Nahr an Nil) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Sennar Sennar is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... South Darfur South Darfur (Janub Darfur) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... South Kurdufan (Janub Kurdufan) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Unity (Wahda) Unity (Al Wahdah) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Upper Nile Upper Nile (Aali an Nil) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... West Kurdufan (Gharb Kurdufan) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ...
Of particular concern is the BahrAlGhazal region where hundreds of thousands of famine victims who lost all of their assets last year and were unable to cultivate have no visible means of livelihood.
West Kordofan is host to a long-term population of IDPs who have fled drought and insecurity in northernBahrAlGhazal.
The BahrAlGhazal famine was the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in 1998.
It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest.
Shokrya in the Butana land, Bataheen bordering the Ga’alin and Shorya in the south west of Butana.
The Azande, Bor, and Jo Luo are “Sudanic” tribes in the west, and the Acholi and Lotuhu live in the extreme south, extending into Uganda.
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