Kassala (state)

Kassala (Arabic كسلا, DMG Kassala, also Kasala; 1991-1994 ash Sharqiyah, Arabic الشرقية " the East ") is a state located in the east of Sudan. The provincial capital Kassala lies near the border with Eritrea on the banks of the river Gasch.

The state has an area of ​​36,710 km ² and according to the census of 2008, some 1.8 million inhabitants.

History

From 1919 to 1956 Kassala was only a province of the Anglo -Egyptian Sudan, then a province of the independent Republic of the Sudan, and included the present-day states of al -Bahr al - ahmar, al - Qadarif and Kassala, as well as part of the current state of Nahr an - Nil. In 1973, the province of al -Bahr al was split Red Sea, which corresponded to the modern state of al -Bahr al - ahmar. 1974, a part of Kassala was cleaved together with part of the province of al- Nahr Schamaliyya to form the new province of Nile. In 1991, the province was transformed into a federal state and the limits of 1919-1973 were restored. This Kassala was renamed in al- Sharqiyah. On 14 February 1994, the states of al -Bahr al - ahmar, al - Qadarif and Sennar were split off and made ​​the renaming reversed. In the north, again an area for the new state of Nahr was diverted to Nile.