North Darfur

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State of Sudan

North Darfur State is one of the wilayat or states of Sudan. It is one of the five states composing the Darfur region. It borders Libya to the northwest, Chad and West Darfur to the west, the rest of the darfurs to the south, West Kordofan and North Kordofan to the east, and Northern to the northeast. It has an area of 296,420 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 2,304,950 in 2018. Al-Fashir is the capital of the state. Other significant towns include Ailliet, Kebkabiya, Kutum, Mellit (Malit), Tawila, Saraf Omra and Umm Keddada.