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Before the independence of South Sudan, the States of Sudan were subdivided into 133 districts. With the adoption of the Interim National Constitution of Sudan and the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, the ten states of South Sudan are, however, now divided into counties. The maps on this page represent the boundaries as they existed in 2006. Current information is available from the Humanitarian Data Exchange.

The districts are listed below, by state:

Al Jazirah

1. Al Kamlin District
2. East al Gazera District
3. North al Gazera District
4. Al Managil District
5. South al Gazera District
6. Um Al Gura District
7. Wad Madani District

Al Qadarif

1. Al Faw District
2. Al Gadaref District
3. Al Rahd District
4. East Galabat District
5. West Galabat District
6. Al Fushqa District
7. Butana District
8. Qala al-Nahl District [ar]
9. Al-Quresha District [ar]

Blue Nile

1. Ad Damazin District
2. Al Roseires District
3. Geissan District
4. Baw District
5. Al Kurumik District

Kassala

1. Seteet District
2. Nahr Atbara District
3. Kassala District
4. Al Gash District
5. Hamashkorieb District

Khartoum

1. Khartoum District
2. Um Badda District
3. Omdurman District
4. Karary District
5. Khartoum Bahri District
6. Sharg En Nile District
7. South Khartoum District

North Darfur

(Not representing the present state structure)

1. Mellit District
2. Kutum District
3. Kabkabiya District
4. Al Fasher District
5. Um Kadada District

North Kurdufan

1. Sowdari District
2. Jebrat al Sheikh District
3. Sheikan District
4. Bara District
5. Um Rawaba District
6. En Nuhud District
7. Ghebeish District

Northern

1. Wadi Halfa District
2. Dongola District
3. Merawi District
4. Addabah District

Red Sea

1. Halayeb District
2. Port Sudan District
3. Sinkat District
4. Tokar District

River Nile

1. Abu Hamad District
2. Berber District
3. Ad Damer District
4. Atbara District
5. Shendi District
6. Al Matammah District

Sennar

1. Sennar District
2. Singa District
3. Ad Dinder District

South Darfur

(Not reflecting the present state structure)

1. Kas District
2. Edd al Fursan District
3. Nyala District
4. Shearia District
5. Al Deain District
6. Adayala District
7. Buram District
8. Tulus District
9. Rehed al Birdi District

South Kurdufan

1. Dilling District
2. Rashad District
3. Abu Jubaiyah District
4. Talodi District
5. Kadugli District
6. Lagawa District
7. As Salam District
8. Abyei District

West Darfur

(Not representing the present state structure)

1. Kulbus District
2. Al Geneina District
3. Zallingi District
4. Jebel Marra District
5. Habillah District
6. Wadi Salih District
7. Mukjar District

White Nile

1. Ad Douiem District
2. Al Gutaina District
3. Kosti District
4. Al Jabalian District

See also

• States of Sudan
• Districts of the Southern Sudan

References

1. "text of the 2005 constitution in English" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-14. (492 KiB)
2. The Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan (PDF) (cushcommunity.org)
3. "Sudan Administration Boundaries February 2006" (PDF). World Health Organization. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
4. "Sudan - Subnational Administrative Boundaries". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
5. "الهيكل الإداري" [The Administrative Structure] (in Arabic). Gadarif State. 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

External links

• Districts of Sudan
• Subdivisions of Sudan
• Lists of administrative divisions
• Administrative divisions in Africa
• Second-level administrative divisions by country
• Sudan geography-related lists