| Republic of Darfur جمهورية دار فور (Arabic) Jumhūriyyat as-Dārfūr | ||||||
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| Motto: النصر لنا an-Naṣr lanā "Victory is ours" |
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| Anthem: نحن جند اللّٰه، جند الوطن Naḥnu jund Allah, jund al-waṭan "We are Soldiers of God, Soldiers of the Homeland" |
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| Capital | Geneina | |||||
| Largest city | Nyala | |||||
| Official languages | Arabic • English | |||||
| Religion | 97% Sunni Islam 3% Christianity |
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| Demonym | Darfurian | |||||
| Government | Federal republic | |||||
| - | President | Minni Minawi | ||||
| - | Vice President | Abdul Wahid Mohammed al-Nur | ||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Sultanate of Darfur | c.1650 | ||||
| - | Mahdist State | 1885 | ||||
| - | British Colony | 1899 | ||||
| - | Independence | 18 June 1953 | ||||
| - | Monarchy Abolished | 17 November 1958 | ||||
| - | Democratic Republic of the Sudan | 25 May 1969 | ||||
| - | Republic of the Sudan (1985–2019) | 6 April 1985 | ||||
| - | Coup and Transitional Government | 20 August 2019 | ||||
| - | Current Constitution | 25 October 2022 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 276,733 km2 106,847 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 11,772,520 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $49.4 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $4,200 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $9.4 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $722 | ||||
| Gini (2023) | 40.2 | |||||
| HDI (2024) | 0.448 | |||||
| Currency | Darfurian pound (SDG) |
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| Time zone | UTC+2:00 (CAT) | |||||
| Drives on the | Right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .df | |||||
| Calling code | +249 | |||||
Darfur, officially the Republic of Darfur, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and the northwest, Egypt to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and Sudan to the south and Southeast. Sudan has a population of 11 million people as of 2024 and occupies 276,733 square kilometres (106,847 square miles), Darfur's capital is Geneina while it's most populous city is Nyala.
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