Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyas, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of the Second World War. The eight provinces were: Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala (state), Khartoum, Kurdufan, Northern, and Upper Nile. In 1948 Bahr al Ghazal split from Equatoria. On 1 January 1973, Red Sea was split off from Kassala.

There were numerous new provinces created on 1 July 1973. North and South Darfur were created from Darfur, while Kurdufan divided into North and South Kurdufan. Al Jazirah and White Nile were split off from Blue Nile. River Nile split off from Northern.

A further fracturing of provinces occurred in 1976. Lakes split from Bahr al Ghazal, and Junqali split off from Upper Nile. Equatoria divided into East and West Equatoria. There were thus eighteen provinces. In 1991, the government reorganized the administrative regions into nine federal states, matching the nine provinces that had existed from 1948 to 1973. On 14 February 1994, the government reorganized yet again, creating twenty-six wilayat (states). The majority of the wilayat were either the old provinces or administrative subregions of a province.

List

Below is a list of the 26 states of Sudan organized by their original provinces under British rule. Arabic language versions are, as appropriate, in parentheses. States that were never provinces prior to 1994 are marked with a (*). Transliterations from Arabic to English may vary; in particular, the article "al" is sometimes transliterated as "el".

External links

• States of Sudan