White Nile State

{{short description|State of Sudan}}

{{For|the river|White Nile}}

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| name = White Nile State

| native_name = {{lang|ar|النيل الأبيض}}

| other_name = an-Nil al-Abyad

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| settlement_type = State

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| image_seal = Seal of White Nile State.png

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| image_map = White Nile in Sudan.svg

| mapsize = 299px

| map_caption = Location in Sudan.

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Sudan}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Butana

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Rabak

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| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Omar Khalifa{{cite web |title=White Nile State governor criminalizes hate speech, racism |url=https://sudantribune.com/article285037/ |website=Sudan Tribune |date=30 April 2024}}

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| area_total_km2 = 39701

| population_as_of = 2018

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| population_total = 2493880{{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 }}

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| timezone = CAT

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| blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2017)

| blank_info_sec2 = 0.488{{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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White Nile State ({{Langx|ar|النيل الأبيض}} {{transl|ar|DIN|An Nīl al Ābyaḍ}}) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 39,701 km² and an estimated population of approximately 2,493,880 people (2018 est). Since 1994 Rabak is the capital of the state; other important cities include Kosti and Ed Dueim.