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| Location : | Between longitudes 33 º.30 and 36 º. 30 East, and latitudes 12º.40 and 15º.46 North. |
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| Area: | 71.000 km˛. | |||||||||
| Boundaries: | The state in bordered by Ethiopia in the East , Kassala state in the North, Khartoum state in the NW, Gazira state in The West and Sinnar state in the south and SW. | |||||||||
| Population: | 1.7 million. | |||||||||
| Language: | Arabic is the official language and is
spoken by all the inhabitants in the state, a number of local dialects
also exist. English is common among educated people. |
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| Economy: | Predominantly agriculture. | |||||||||
| Highways: | The state is connected to
Ethiopia by two roads: 1- Gedarif – Gallabat road 2- Showak – Lukdi – Humerh road. |
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| Most important towns in the state are
Gedarif (the capital), Faw,Showak and Doka. Most towns are linked by passable roads to the agricultural production areas. Khartoum – Port Sudan highway. |
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| Rainfall: | The annual average rain fall is (612 mm). |
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| Rivers that cross the state and furnish fertile alluvial
plains are: Sitit, Basalam, Dinder, Atbara and Rahad. |
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| Agro– ecology: | The state is mostly composed of vast plains, and is a typical of rich savanna in the South and poor savanna in the North. | |||||||||
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