Place:Blue Nile, Sudan

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NameBlue Nile
Alt namesAn-Nīl al-Azraqsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeState
Coordinates12.5°N 34.0°E
Located inSudan
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Abū-Naʿ̄mah
Ad-Damazin
Agaru
Al-Barun
Al-Garef
Al-Jubayn
Al-Quwaysī
Atbarah
Bagawi
Bobuk
Dīsah
Galegu
Jebel Dud
Kurmuk
Mortesoro
Qeissan
Roseires
Sennar
Singa
Suki
Ulu
Wad El Haddad
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Blue Nile is one of the eighteen states of the Republic of the Sudan. It was established by presidential decree nº 3 in 1992 and is named after the Blue Nile River.

The region is host to around forty different ethnic groups. Its economic activity is based on agriculture and livestock and increasing mineral exploitation.

In 2011, residents of Blue Nile were scheduled to hold ill-defined "popular consultations" to determine the constitutional future of the state, per the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Instead, a dispute over the rightful government of the state, and the determination of Omar al-Bashir to eradicate the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, have led to a renewed insurgency and a refugee crisis. It appears that the consultations have been postponed indefinitely.

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