{"id":29722,"date":"2025-01-30T03:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29722"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T04:50:59","slug":"darfur-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/darfur-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Darfur Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Darfur Region Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in El-Fasher in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur region killed 67 people and injured dozens recently.<\/p>\n<h2>About Darfur Region<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Darfur is a region in <strong>western Sudan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It lay <strong>between Kordofan<\/strong> to the east and <strong>Wadai <\/strong>to the west and <strong>extended southward to the Al-Ghaz\u0101l (Gazelle) River <\/strong>and <strong>northward to the Libyan Desert.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It covers about 440,000 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li>Darfur consists of an <strong>immense rolling plain <\/strong>that has an area of approximately 440,000 sq.km.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>volcanic highlands of the Marrah Mountains <\/strong>dominate the central part of this plain.<\/li>\n<li>Darfur was an <strong>independent sultanate until <\/strong>it was <strong>annexed by Sudan in 1916.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The name \u201cDarfur\u201d is derived from \u201cdar fur,\u201d meaning \u201cthe land of the Fur\u201d in Arabic.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Darfur Region Population<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Fur tribe once ruled <\/strong>the Islamic Sultanate of Darfur until the killing in 1916 of the last Sultan of Darfur.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Darfur is home to approximately <strong>80 tribes and ethnic group<\/strong>s, encompassing both nomadic and sedentary communities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arabs <\/strong>have long constituted the <strong>majority of the population in the northern part <\/strong>of Darfur, while <strong>Arabs and Fur have predominated in the southern portion.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Other ethnic groups have included the Beja, Zaghawa, Nubian, and Daju peoples.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Darfur Region FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Which country is Darfur Plateau in?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Darfur Plateau is located in Sudan. It is situated in the western part of the country, primarily within the Darfur region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the geography of Darfur?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>: The geography of Darfur is diverse, featuring mountains, plateaus, deserts, and seasonal water sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the capital of Sudan?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Sudan&#8217;s capital, Khartoum, is located roughly in the centre of the country, at the junction of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/30-killed-in-drone-attack-on-hospital-in-sudans-darfur-report-7556475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darfur, a region in western Sudan, is known for its diverse culture, arid landscapes, and history of conflict. 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