Nil [1] ( Arabic ولاية نهر النيل ; transliteration: Nahr an Nil ) is one of 18 provinces [2] of Sudan .
- The territory is 122 123 km² .
- The population is 1 120 441 people (for 2008 ).
provinces | |
Nile | |
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Arab. الشمالية | |
A country | Sudan |
Includes | 6 districts ( districts ) |
Adm Centre | Ed damer |
History and geography | |
Square | 122 123 km² (7th place ) |
Timezone | UTC + 3 |
Population | |
Population | 1 120 441 people ( 2008 ) ( 13th place ) |
Density | 9.17 p / km² (11th place) |
Digital identifiers | |
ISO 3166-2 code | SD-04 |
The administrative center is the city of Ed Damer .
The province is bordered by Egypt to the north.
Administrative division
The province is divided into 6 districts ( districts ):
- Abu Hamad
- Berber
- Ad Damer
- Atbara
- Shandy (Shendi)
- Al Matammah
Notes
- ↑ Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia // Peace Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; Ch. ed. G. V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - p. 150-151. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Index of geographical names // World Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; Ch. ed. G. V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - p. 232. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).