Al-Fulah

11.828.4Koordinaten: 11 ° 48 'N, 28 ° 24' O

Al- Fula (Arabic الفولة, DMG al - Fula, alternative ways of writing al - Fulah or El Fula ) is a city in the state Dschanub Kordofan in Sudan. 1994-2005 it was the capital of the now-defunct state Gharb Kordofan.

Location

The city is located in south-central Sudan, approximately 600 kilometers southwest of Khartoum located on the western foothills of the Nuba Mountains, about 70 kilometers northwest of Babanusa. Al- Fula is a stop about halfway on the road from Kosti to the east and the west of Nyala. A road leads out to the cities mentioned to Wau in the south and to El Obeid in the Northeast.

Population

Al- Fula has approximately 8,700 inhabitants according to a calculation of 2010.

Population development:

Economy

In Block 6 above area around al - Fula, the China National Petroleum Corporation promotes since March 2004 crude oil. 2010, the flow rate was increased in block 6 on 70,000 barrels per day.