Northern Sudan

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Northern Sudan is the predominantly Arab and Muslim region of Sudan that historically formed the political and economic center of the country and was a primary party in Sudan’s north–south conflicts.

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northern Sudan 9
Northern Sudan canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
region
borders east-central Sudan
surface form: Central Sudanese regions

Chad
Egypt
Eritrea
Libya
South Sudan
colonialLegacy Anglo-Egyptian Sudan administrative center
contains Central Darfur
East Darfur
Gedaref State
Gezira State
Kassala State, Sudan
surface form: Kassala State

Khartoum
Khartoum state
surface form: Khartoum State

North Darfur
North Kordofan State
surface form: North Kordofan

Northern State
Red Sea State NERFINISHED
River Nile State
Sennar State
South Darfur
West Darfur
White Nile State
contrastWith South Sudan
Southern Sudan region
surface form: Southern Sudan
country Sudan
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Arabic-speaking population
predominantly Muslim population
dominantBranchOfIslam Sunni Islam
dominantEthnoLinguisticGroup Arabs
dominantLanguage Arabic
dominantLanguageVariety Sudanese Arabic
dominantReligion Islam
economicBase Nile valley agriculture
trade and services centered in Khartoum
historicallyFormed economic center of Sudan
political center of Sudan
historicallyOpposed Southern Sudan region
surface form: Southern Sudan
historicalRole primary party in Sudan’s north–south conflicts
seat of central government of Sudan
involvedInConflict First Sudanese Civil War
Second Sudanese Civil War
locatedIn Northeast Africa
Sudan
locatedOn Nile
surface form: Nile River
politicalDominancePeriod post-independence Sudan

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Sudanese Civil War location Northern Sudan
Nubian pyramids region Northern Sudan
this entity surface form: northern Sudan
Nubian languages spokenInRegion Northern Sudan
this entity surface form: northern Sudan
Mahas Nubian spokenIn Northern Sudan
this entity surface form: northern Sudan
Kenuzi-Dongola spokenInRegion Northern Sudan
this entity surface form: northern Sudan
Andaandi spokenInRegion Northern Sudan
this entity surface form: northern Sudan
Second Cataract of the Nile locatedIn Northern Sudan
this entity surface form: northern Sudan
Fourth Cataract of the Nile locatedIn Northern Sudan
this entity surface form: northern Sudan
Meroë region Northern Sudan
this entity surface form: northern Sudan
El-Kurru locatedIn Northern Sudan
Nuri locatedIn Northern Sudan
this entity surface form: northern Sudan