Northern State

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Northern State is a sparsely populated administrative region in northern Sudan that encompasses much of the Nubian Desert and stretches along the Nile River.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state of Sudan
administrativeCenter Dongola NERFINISHED
bordersCountry Egypt NERFINISHED
Libya NERFINISHED
bordersInternalDivision North Darfur NERFINISHED
Red Sea State NERFINISHED
River Nile State NERFINISHED
capital Dongola NERFINISHED
climate arid
containsArchaeologicalSite Jebel Barkal NERFINISHED
Kerma NERFINISHED
Meroe Island NERFINISHED
Old Dongola NERFINISHED
Sai Island NERFINISHED
Soleb NERFINISHED
containsCity Dongola NERFINISHED
Merowe NERFINISHED
Wadi Halfa NERFINISHED
containsHistoricalRegion Nubia NERFINISHED
containsPart Nubian Desert NERFINISHED
containsTown Abri NERFINISHED
Delgo NERFINISHED
Karima NERFINISHED
country Sudan
hasBorderFeature Lake Nubia NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic desert region
sparsely populated
hasEconomicActivity agriculture along the Nile
date palm cultivation
gold mining
tourism
hasMajorRiver Atbara River NERFINISHED
Nile River NERFINISHED
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic
hasTransportInfrastructure Merowe Airport NERFINISHED
Merowe Dam NERFINISHED
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region NERFINISHED
locatedIn Sudan NERFINISHED
northern Sudan NERFINISHED
locatedInDesert Nubian Desert NERFINISHED
locatedOn Nile River NERFINISHED
partOf Republic of the Sudan NERFINISHED
religionMajority Islam
subdivisionType state
wilayah
timeZone Central Africa Time
usesCurrency Sudanese pound NERFINISHED
utcOffset +2

Referenced by (4)

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

North Kordofan State borderedBy Northern State
River Nile State borderedBy Northern State
Northern Sudan contains Northern State
Dongola locatedIn Northern State