West Kordofan State

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West Kordofan State is an oil-rich administrative region in central-western Sudan, known for its diverse ethnic communities and history of conflict and displacement.

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West Kordofan State canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
state of Sudan
administrativeLevel first-level subdivision of Sudan
borderWith East Darfur State NERFINISHED
North Darfur State NERFINISHED
North Kordofan State NERFINISHED
South Kordofan State NERFINISHED
White Nile State NERFINISHED
capital Al-Fula NERFINISHED
conflictType ethnic conflict
resource-based conflict
country Sudan
governingSystem state government of Sudan NERFINISHED
hasClimate semi-arid
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
oil extraction
pastoralism
hasEthnicGroup Arab tribes
Dinka communities NERFINISHED
Misseriya NERFINISHED
Nuba peoples NERFINISHED
hasGeographicalFeature savanna
seasonal wadis
hasHumanitarianIssue insecurity
internal displacement
hasIssue competition over grazing routes
land disputes
hasNaturalResource oil
hasPopulationCharacteristic rural majority
hasSecurityActor Sudanese Armed Forces NERFINISHED
local militias
historyEvent conflict related to Sudanese civil wars
inter-communal violence
knownFor ethnic diversity
history of conflict
oil production
population displacement
locatedIn Sudan NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion central-western Sudan NERFINISHED
majorReligion Islam
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Republic of the Sudan NERFINISHED
partOfRegion Kordofan NERFINISHED
previousAdministrativeStatus part of South Kordofan State
previouslyAbolishedIn 2005
re-establishedIn 2013
timeZone Central Africa Time
utcOffset +2

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North Kordofan State borderedBy West Kordofan State