River Nile State

{{short description|State of Sudan}}

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| name = River Nile State

| native_name = ولاية نهر النيل

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| settlement_type = State

| image_skyline = Ed Damer marketstreet.jpg

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| image_caption = Market street in Ad-Damir

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| image_seal = Seal of River Nile State.png

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| image_map = River Nile in Sudan (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg

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| map_caption = Location in Sudan.

| subdivision_type = Country

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Ad-Damir

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| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Mohamed Al-Badawi Abu Qroun{{cite web |title=River Nile Governor accuses informal worker of cooperation with RSF |url=https://sudantribune.com/article281492/ |website=Sudan Tribune |date=20 January 2024}}

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| area_total_km2 = 122123

| population_as_of = 2018

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| population_total = 1511442{{Cite web |url=http://cbs.gov.sd/files/Pop._Proj._by_satates137.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312172126/http://cbs.gov.sd/files/Pop._Proj._by_satates137.pdf |archive-date=2017-03-12 |url-status=dead }}

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| timezone = CAT

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| coordinates = {{coord|18|27|N|33|23|E|region:SD|display=inline,title}}

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| blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2017)

| blank_info_sec2 = 0.602{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}
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River Nile State ({{langx|ar|ولاية نهر النيل|Nahr an Nīl}}) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 122,123 km² (47,152 mi²) and an estimated population of 1,511,442 (2018 est).{{Cite web |url=http://cbs.gov.sd/files/Pop._Proj._by_satates137.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2023-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312172126/http://cbs.gov.sd/files/Pop._Proj._by_satates137.pdf |archive-date=2017-03-12 |url-status=dead }} It is made up of seven localities.{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.gov.sd/states-of-sudan/River-Nile-State |title=ولاية نهر النيل » رئاسة الجمهورية - القصر الجمهوري |language=Arabic |trans-title=State of River Nile » Sudanese Presidency » Republican Palace |access-date=29 December 2021 |publisher=Presidency of Sudan}}