States of Sudan

This list of the Sudanese states points to the current state of the states in Sudan since July 9, 2011 and the independent state of South Sudan and its historical development. The historical account begins in 1919 with the first provinces of the Anglo -Egyptian Sudan, continues with the changes in the administrative structure in the independent Republic of Sudan since 1956, via the introduction of the first states in 1991, which in 1994 replaced by the current states of the current situation after the independence of South Sudan.

Sudan has been since 2005 in 25 states (Arabic wilayat ) divided that are divided into a total of 133 districts. Each state is administered by a governor and his Council of Ministers. He and his ministers are appointed directly by the President of Sudan. An exception was this the autonomous region of South Sudan, whose governors and ministers were appointed by the President of South Sudan, who was First Vice President of Sudan simultaneously. It is planned to replace the appointment by a general election in the states. Since 9 July 2011, the 10 southern states form the independent state of South Sudan. The boundary line is partly still controversial, especially the Abyei area. According to the 2005 peace agreement, the territory of both the northern state Dschanub Kordofan and the South Sudanese state of Bahr al - Ghazal Schamal was attributed.

2.1 Provinces 1919-1948
2.2 Provinces 1948-1973
2.3 Provinces 1973-1974
2.4 Provinces 1974-1976
2.5 Provinces 1976-1991
2.6 states 1991-1994
2.7 states 1994-2005
2.8 states 2005-2011

Current Situation

The 10 southern states form the independent state of South Sudan since 9 July 2011. In the referendum on independence of South Sudan, which was performed according to the peace agreement from 9 to 15 January 2011, around 99 % of South Sudanese voting for independence spoke of. The Sudanese President Umar Hasan Ahmad al -Bashir has acknowledged this result. Independence was declared after a transitional period on 9 July 2011.

In Darfur, a referendum to be held in 2011 also, it is decided whether the three Darfurian states are reunited. At the same time, however, the government plans for two new states in the region announced Bahr al-Arab with ad - Du'ain capital and the Jebel Marra with capital Zalingei. Early May 2011, the government decided the creation of new states under the names Central and Eastern Darfur. For this, the previous states of West and South Darfur would be reduced, North Darfur would remain unchanged within its borders. On January 10, 2012 presented the Sudanese President Omer al -Bashir, three decrees from: creation of two new states and appointing new governors for the Darfur region.

States by area

States by population

Historical development

Provinces 1919-1948

The eight provinces of the Anglo -Egyptian Sudan were initially not clearly defined. But with the beginning of World War II, the boundaries were clearly defined and set up as follows:

Provinces 1948-1973

On the Juba Conference 1947, the administrative annexation of Equatoria in Sudan was decided. As a result, in 1948 Bahr el Ghazal was cleaved from the province of Equatoria in to manage the area better. The remaining provinces remained unchanged. At independence in 1956, Sudan's provinces have been retained.

Provinces 1973-1974

The province of al -Bahr al Red Sea (Red Sea ) was spun off in 1973 by the province of Kassala.

Provinces 1974-1976

In 1974, some provinces were divided into smaller provinces. The Darfur province was divided into North Darfur and South Darfur. The provinces of al - Jazeera and al - Abyad Nile ( White Nile ) were split off from the province of al - azraq Nile ( Blue Nile ). The Kordofan province was divided into North Kordofan and Southern Kordofan. The province Nahr an - Nil ( Nilfluss ) was created from parts of the provinces of Kassala and ash- Schamaliyya.

Provinces 1976-1991

In 1976, a new analysis was performed in smaller provinces. The province of Al - Buhairat ( The Lakes ) was cleaved from the province of Bahr al - Ghazal. The Equatoria province was divided into Western Equatoria and Eastern Equatoria. The Dschunqali province was split off from the province of A'li Nile ( Upper Nile ). The provincial breakdown so is as follows:

States 1991-1994

1991 was a federal system with 9 states that correspond to the nine provinces from 1948 to 1973, introduced. The states were further divided into 66 provinces again and the provinces in 281 districts. In this case, however, the names of the states of which the provinces differ in places. So the former province of Kassala is now called al- Sharqiyah (Arabic الشرقية, German " The Northern " ), the province of Nile now al - azraq al - Wusta ( الوسطى, German headquarters ) and the province of Equatoria now al - Istiwa'iyya (Arabic الاستوائية ), which is the Arabic translation of the name of the province.

States 1994-2005

On 14 February 1994, the Sudan reorganized and created 26 states. Each new state forms part of a state of before 1994. Constitute So, for example, North Darfur, West Darfur and South Darfur to the old state of Darfur. The administration at the provincial level was abolished and the number of districts reduced from 281 to 133.

States 2005-2011

The end of 2005 Westkordofan was dissolved and its territory divided between North and South Kordofan. On 15 April 2006, the regional government of the state of Bahr al - Jabal changed the name of the State in Al- Istiwa'iyya al - wusta ( Central Equatoria ).

List of states of Sudan (including Southern Sudan ) with respect to the historical provinces

This list shows the geographical affiliation of the current states of the old province. The current states of the most engaged and the historical provinces are from 1919 to 1948 in the first place. As an example, the first province Blue Nile will be explained: the Blue Nile province included the present-day states of al - Jazeera, al - azraq to Nile, Sennar and Nile Al- Abyad. In this case, however, the present-day states of al - Nile and Sennar azraq were temporarily the province at Nile al - azraq.

Blue Nile ( Blue Nile ) al - Jazeera
To al - Nil - azraq ( Blue Nile ) to al - Nil - azraq ( Blue Nile )
Sennar

Schamal Darfur ( North Darfur )
Dschanub Darfur ( South Darfur )
Gharb Darfur ( West Darfur )
Sharq Darfur ( West Darfur )
Darfur Wasat ( Central Darfur)

Bahr al - Ghazal Al- Buhairat ( Lakes ) Al- Buhairat ( Lakes )
Warab

Al- Istiwa'iyya al - wusta ( Central Equatoria )
Sharq al - Istiwa'iyya ( Eastern Equatoria )

Kassala Kassala
Al- Qadarif

Schamal Kordofan (North Kordofan )
Dschanub Kordofan (South Kordofan )
Gharb Kordofan (Western Kordofan )

Ash- Schamaliyya (Northern)
Nahr an - Nil ( Nilfluss )

Dschunqali
A'li to Nile ( Upper Nile ) A'li to Nile ( Upper Nile )
Al - Wahda (Unity)

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