Sennar State

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Sennar سنار Sinnar
State
Seal
Location in Sudan.
Coordinates: 12°58′N 34°3′E / 12.967°N 34.050°E / 12.967; 34.050
Country	Sudan
Region	Sennar State
Governor	2015
Capital	either Singa or Sennar
Government
• Type	State Government
• Governor	Aldaw Almahi
Area
• Total	37,844 km2 (14,612 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	1,918,692[1]
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
HDI (2017)	0.493[2] low

Sennar (Arabic: سنار Sannār) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 37,844 km² (14,612 sq mi) and had a population of approximately 1,918,692 in 2018.

Sinar State is delimited by Al-Gazira State in the north, The Blue Nile State in the south, Al-Gedaref State and the Sudanese Ethiopian borders in the east, and the White Nile State & the Upper Nile State of South Sudan in the west. It remains unknown whether Singa is the capital of Sennar State or whether the largest city Sennar (also known as Mukwar) is the capital, as some sources and maps list Singa and some list Sennar city. Other commercial towns include El-Suki and El-Dinder.

The main economic activity is agriculture, with the irrigated scheme of Suki, the sugar factory of Sennar, and a number of fruit growers (including bananas and mangoes) located on the banks of the Blue Nile. In terms of education The University Of Sennar is the only higher education university throughout all the state, attended by all its residents.

• Singa (one of the 2 possible capitals)
• Sennar (the other possible capital)
• El Suki
• Dindir
• Aldali & Almazmom
• East Sinnar
• Abohugar^[3]

The state is famous for its Dinder National Park.

• Wad al-'Abbas

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