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Map of Darfur Region with district borders in Sudan: Date: 4 October 2006: ... Source=own work, based on Image:Sudan district map.svg |Date=4. Oktober 2006 ...
Darfur (/ d ɑːr ˈ f ʊər / dar-FOOR; Arabic: دار فور, romanized: Dār Fūr, lit. 'Realm of the Fur') is a region of western Sudan. Dār is an Arabic word meaning "home [of]" – the region was named Dardaju (Arabic: دار داجو, romanized: Dār Dājū) while ruled by the Daju, who migrated from Meroë c. 350 AD, and it was renamed Dartunjur (Arabic: دار تنجر, romanized ...
With the adoption of the Interim National Constitution of Sudan [1] and the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, [2] 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. [3] Current information is available from the Humanitarian Data Exchange. [4]
Al-Fashir or El Fasher (Arabic: الفاشر, romanized: al-Fāshir) is the capital city of North Darfur, Sudan. It is a city in the Darfur region of southwestern Sudan, 195 kilometres (121 mi) northeast of Nyala, Sudan. [2] A historical caravan post, Al-Fashir is located at an elevation of about 700 metres (2,300 ft). [2]
The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars (Indiana UP, 2003), ISBN 0-253-21584-6; Kiernan, Ben. Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur (2009) excerpt; Nachtigal, G. transl. H. Fisher, Sahara and Sudan. IV Wadai and Darfur, (vol. III, 1889), London 1971. O'Fahey, R. S. The Darfur Sultanate: A History ...
The Darfur Regional Government was established by the Darfur Peace Agreement to act as a co-ordinating body for the states that make up the region of Darfur. The Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council was established by the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement between the Sudanese Government and the rebel Eastern Front to act as a coordinating body ...
Topographic map of the Marrah Mountains Detail of the Marrah Caldera Apart from the Aïr Mountains in Niger which are on the border of the Sahara proper, the Marrah Mountains are the only major mountain range in the otherwise flat Sahel, rising up to 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) above the plain, but are relatively unknown owing to lack of ...
Darfur Humanitarian Emergency: Satellite Imagery from USAID; Reference maps of Sudan from ReliefWeb, including many conflict maps from Darfur; Sudan Maps from the Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, includes both maps and USAID imagery