Regions in Sudan

Sudan is made up of 18 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Sudan. Information on all primary administrative regions in Sudan.

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Primary administrative regions in Sudan

There are 18 regions in Sudan in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Sudan
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Blue Nile Blue Nile1.832,112Ad-Damazin Ad-Damazin186,051
Al Qadarif Al Qadarif State2.1,369,300Al Qadarif Al Qadarif363,945
Northern State Northern3.833,743Dongola Dongola13,473
River Nile River Nile4.1,008,493Ed Damer Ed Damer103,941
Eastern Darfur East Darfur5.1,500,000El Daein El Daein264,734
Northern Darfur North Darfur6.1,583,179El Fasher El Fasher252,609
West Kordofan State West Kordofan State7.1,320,405El Fula El Fula-
North Kordofan North Kordofan8.3,340,000El Obeid El Obeid393,311
Western Darfur West Darfur9.1,006,801Geneina Geneina162,981
Southern Kordofan South Kordofan10.1,111,859Kadugli Kadugli87,666
Kassala Kassala State11.1,171,118Kassala Kassala401,477
Khartoum Khartoum12.7,152,102Khartoum Khartoum1,974,647
Southern Darfur South Darfur13.2,890,348Nyala Nyala565,734
Red Sea Red Sea14.1,396,000Port Sudan Port Sudan489,725
White Nile White Nile15.1,188,707Rabak Rabak135,281
Sinnar Sennar16.1,502,047Singa Singa250,000
Al Jazirah Al Jazirah State17.2,796,330Wad Medani Wad Medani332,714
Central Darfur Central Darfur State18.2,499,000Zalingei Zalingei28,687