Um Heitan

In October 2012 and during the Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North defeated the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Umm Hitan. The battles, which lasted several days, resulted in the complete destruction of the National Congress Party's headquarters in the village and the expulsion of army forces from the region. The fight led to over 50 fatalities and numerous injuries. Several vehicles and weapons were destroyed or seized.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-19 |title=الجبهة الثورية تنتصر على مليشيات نظام البشير بأم حيطان والدشول بجنوب كردفان |url=https://www.alrakoba.net/749771/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/}}{{Cite web |last=st_admn |date=2012-10-19 |title=معارك جديدة في جبال النوبة والحركة الشعبية تقول انها قتلت 50 جندي حكومي |url=https://sudantribune.net/article232580/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=سودان تربيون |language=ar}} Similar attacks were carried out throughout the conflict with the area being captured momentarily by both sides before being recaptured,{{Cite web |title=حسابات انتخابية في المواجهات العسكرية بجنوب كردفان |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2015/3/29/%d8%ad%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%ac%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%aa |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=الجزيرة نت |language=ar}}{{Cite web |title=جنوب كردفان.. تداعيات الاعتداء على دلامي وإعادتها |url=https://www.sudaress.com/alintibaha/45378 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=سودارس}}{{Cite web |title=دماء وحريق وحرب شائعات في جبال النوبة – النيلين |url=https://www.alnilin.com/12661619.htm |access-date=2024-02-01 |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last=SudanTribune |date=2011-11-01 |title=معارك عنيفة بجنوب كردفان وتضارب في تصريحات الجيش السوداني والحركة |url=https://beta.sudantribune.com/ar/article69921/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=سودان تريبيون |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last=SudanTribune |date=2011-11-08 |title=إنباء عن استهدف احمد هارون فى جنوب كردفان |url=https://sudantribune.net/article69951/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=سودان تربيون |language=ar}} with the SAF responding with indiscriminate airstrikes.{{Cite web |date=2014-10-11 |title=تجدد القصف الجوي والأرضي على المدنيين في جبال النوبة |url=https://sudanile.com/%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%af%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%b5%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%b6%d9%8a-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%af%d9%86%d9%8a%d9%8a%d9%86/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=سودانايل |language=ar}}{{Cite web |title=More wounded in Nuba Mountains bombings |url=https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/more-wounded-in-nuba-mountains-bombings |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Radio Tamazuj |language=en}} At the end of the conflict the area was controlled by the SAF.

In October 2021, a series of violent attacks by armed individuals on villages in South Kordofan, West Darfur, and South Darfur, including Un Heitan, resulted in seven fatalities, including two children, and injuries to at least five others. The attackers fled the scene immediately after the incident. In response, the local residents formed a group to pursue the attackers, resulting in the retrieval of nine cows. Prior to this, the area had experienced the theft of 29 cows.{{Cite web |last=Dabanga |date=2021-10-11 |title=Kordofan, Darfur shootings leave seven dead |url=https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/seven-murdered-in-kordofan-darfur-shootings |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Dabanga Radio TV Online |language=en-GB}} Similar attack happened in January 2024, leaving 6 dead.{{Cite web |last=SULIMAN |first=Mohammed |date=2024-01-02 |title=مقتل (6) اشخاص على يد مسلحين بمنطقة ام حيطان بجنوب كردفان |url=https://www.dabangasudan.org/ar/all-news/article/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%aa%d9%84-6-%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b5-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%8a%d8%af-%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a8%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b7%d9%82%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%b7 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Dabanga Radio TV Online |language=ar}}

During the on-going Sudanese war that started on 15 April 2023, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu) has reportedly attacked the Sudanese Armed Forces' (SAF) garrisons in Um Heitan.{{Cite web |title=Aerial Attacks Dramatically Increase in South Kordofan {{!}} Nuba Reports |url=https://nubareports.org/aerial-attacks-dramatically-increase-in-south-kordofan/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=nubareports.org}} The SPLM-N El Hilu took control of the garrison and the area since July.{{Cite web |last=Camille |date=2023-07-03 |title=SPLM-N El Hilu wins terrain in South Kordofan |url=https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/splm-n-el-hilu-wins-terrain-in-south-kordofan |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Dabanga Radio TV Online |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=السودان |first=نبض |date=2023-07-03 |title=قوات "الحلو" تسيطر على مناطق بجنوب كردفان |url=https://arab.sahafahh.net/story/16838528/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=صحافة العرب |language=ar}}

Um Heitan is known for its ethnic group who speak Koalib, a Niger–Congo language.{{Cite journal |last=MacDiarmid |first=P. A. |last2=MacDiarmid |first2=D. N. |date=1931 |title=The Languages of the Nuba Mountains |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41716012 |journal=Sudan Notes and Records |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=149–162 |issn=0375-2984}} The population of this group, Umm Heitan people, is likely around 22,000 and they are predominantly Muslim.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

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