Talodi

{{about||the district|Talodi District|the people|Talodi people|the language|Talodi language}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Talodi

| native_name_lang = ar

| native_name = تلودي

| settlement_type = Town

| pushpin_map = Sudan

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Sudan

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Sudan}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = South Kordofan

| subdivision_type2 = County

| unit_pref = Imperial

| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities

| population_blank2_title = Religions

| coordinates = {{coord|10|38|11|N|30|22|47|E|region:SD|display=inline,title}}

}}

Talodi ({{langx|ar|تلودي}}) is a small town in the Nuba Mountains, and a district of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan. The town is nearly 650 km (406 miles) southwest of Khartoum.{{cite news|last=Osman|first=Mohamed|title=Sudanese helicopter crash kills 32|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middle-east/2012/08/19/sudan-plane-crash-south-kills-all-board/G9OK3yIJm8Uxdf8FdGGzGJ/story.html|accessdate=20 August 2012|newspaper=Boston.com|date=20 August 2012|agency=AP}} Its name is from the Talodi people of the area who speak the Talodi language.

File:Sudan district map Talodi.svg (pre-2005 map).]]

A British garrison was located in Talodi during the colonial period, and an independence outbreak occurred in 1906.{{cite book|last=Ibrahim|first=Ahmed Uthman Muhammad|title=The dilemma of British rule in the Nuba Mountains, 1898-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAFBAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=22 August 2011|year=1985|publisher=Graduate College, University of Khartoum}}

The 2012 Sudan Antonov An-26 crash, which killed 32 people on 19 August 2012, took place near the town.

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Category:Populated places in South Kordofan

Category:Districts of Sudan

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