Sudan in other languages: السودان (as-Sūdān), Khartoum and 18 states
Sudan is السودان (as-Sūdān) in Arabic, officially جمهورية السودان, the Republic of the Sudan, with the ISO 3166-1 codes SD, SDN and 729. The lists give the country in 174 languages, the capital Khartoum in 81, and the 18 states of today; ten southern states left in 2011 to form South Sudan.
Official languagesArabic (العربية), English
Checked
- alpha-2
- SD
- alpha-3
- SDN
- numeric
- 729
جمهورية السودانǦumhūrīyâẗu s-Sūdān
- English
- SudanRepublic of the Sudan
- Capital
- الخرطومal-Ḫarṭūm · Khartoum
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026; numeric 729 since 2011, before that 736 (Wikipedia, ISO 3166-1 numeric). Official languages: Wikipedia’s Sudan article, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Sudan (السودان) in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Bambara, Catalan, Welsh, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, Friulian, Hausa, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Igbo, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Ladin, Maltese, Nahuatl, Norwegian, Novial, Polish, Quechua, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Slovenian, Northern Sami, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Silesian, Tagalog, Turkish, Zazaki, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | eng / bam / cat / cym / dan / dsb / eus / fao / fin / fkv / fur / hau / hrv / hsb / ibo / ina / ind / ita / jav / lld / mlt / nah / nor / nov / pol / que / roh / ron / rup / scn / slv / sme / stq / swa / swe / szl / tgl / tur / zza / deu / ltz / nds | Sudan | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Moldovan, Slovio, Turkmen | aze / crh / gag / kaa / mol / slo / tuk | Sudan / Судан | Sudan |
| Breton, Cornish, French, Haitian Creole, Jersey Norman French, Walloon | bre / cor / fra / hat / jnf / wln | Soudan | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Galician, Slovak, Spanish | arg / ast / glg / slk / spa | Sudán | same as written |
| Estonian, Võro, Wolof | est / vor / wol | Sudaan | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Dutch | afr / nld | Soedan | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal, Occitan | frp / oci | Sodan | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic, Sardinian | gla / srd | Sudàn | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Kirundi | kin / run | Suda | same as written |
| Lingala, Albanian | lin / sqi | Sudani | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Sudan / Судан / سۆدان | Sudan |
| Czech | ces | Súdán | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Sudano | same as written |
| West Frisian, Kurmanji Kurdish | fry / kur | Sûdan | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An tSúdáin | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Toodaan | same as written |
| Hawaiian | haw | Sudana | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Szudán | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Súdan | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Sudania | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Sudāna | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Sudanas | same as written |
| Latgalian, Samogitian | ltg / smg | Sudans | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Sodana | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Sudan / سودان | Sudan |
| Norman French | nrm | Sououdaun | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Sudão | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Sudan / सुदान | Sudan |
| Samoan | smo | Sutana | same as written |
| Somali | som | Suudaan | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Sudaun | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | Suteni | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Sudan / Судан / سۇدەن | Sudan |
| Vietnamese | vie | Xu-đăng | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Sudän | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iSudana | same as written |
| Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Chuvash, Kabardian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Macedonian, Mongolian, Ossetian, Rusyn, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Kalmyk | abk / abq / alt / ava / bul / chv / kbd / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mkd / mon / oss / rue / rus / sah / tyv / udm / ukr / xal | Судан | Sudan |
| Bashkir, Belarusian, Chechen, Serbian | bak / bel / che / srp | Судан / Sudan | Sudan |
| Kazakh | kaz | Судан / سۋدان / Swdan | Swdan |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Судан / سۇدان / Sudan | Sudan |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Судан / Sûdan | Sûdan |
| Tatar | tat | Судан / Sudan / سۇدان | Sudan |
| Tajik | tgk | Судон / سودان / Sudon | Sudon |
| Arabic | ara | السودان | as-Sūdān |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | سودان / Sudan | Sudan |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | سوودان / Sûdan | Sûdan |
| Persian | fas | سودان / Sudân | Sudân |
| Western Punjabi, Urdu | pnb / urd | سوڈان | Sūḋān |
| Dari | prs | سودان | Sūdān |
| Pashto | pus | سوډان, سودان | Sūḋān, Sūdān |
| Uyghur | uig | سۇدان / Sudan / Судан | Sudan |
| Dhivehi | div | ސޫދާން | Sūdān |
| Syriac | syr | ܣܘܕܢ | Sūdan |
| Hebrew | heb | סודן, סודאן | Sūdan, Sūdān |
| Ladino | lad | סודאן / Sudan | Sudan |
| Yiddish | yid | סודאַן | Sudan |
| Berber, Kabyle | ber / kab | ⵙⵓⴷⴰⵏ / Sudan | Sudan |
| Amharic, Tigrinya | amh / tir | ሱዳን | Sudan |
| Greek | ell | Σουδάν | Soydán |
| Armenian | hye | Սուդան | Soudan |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | სუდანი | Sudani |
| Laz | lzz | სუდანი / Sudani | Sudani |
| Hindi | hin | सूडान | Sūḍān |
| Bengali | ben | সুদান | Sudān |
| Gujarati | guj | સુદાન | Sudān |
| Odia | ori | ସୁଡାନ | Suḍān |
| Punjabi | pan | ਸੂਡਾਨ | Sūḍān |
| Sinhala | sin | සූඩානය | Sūḍānaya |
| Kannada | kan | ಸುಡಾನ್ | Suḍān |
| Malayalam | mal | സുഡാൻ | Suḍān |
| Tamil | tam | சூடான் | Cūṭāṉ |
| Telugu | tel | సూడాన్ | Sūḍān |
| Chinese | zho | 蘇丹/苏丹 | Sūdān |
| Japanese | jpn | スーダン | Sūdan |
| Korean | kor | 수단 | Sudan |
| Tibetan | bod | སུའུ་ཏན།, སུའུ་དའན། | Sū.tan, Sū.dān |
| Burmese | mya | ဆူဒန် | Sʰudã |
| Thai | tha | ซูดาน | Sūdān |
| Lao | lao | ສູດັງ | Sūdâṅ |
| Khmer | khm | ស៊ូដង់ | Sūdăṅ |
As-Sūdān, Soudan, Szudán: the name in other languages
In Arabic the country is السودان, as-Sūdān, with the article, and officially جمهورية السودان (Ǧumhūrīyâẗu s-Sūdān), the Republic of the Sudan. The English official name keeps that article. The adjective is السوداني (as-sūdānī), the currency the pound, جنيه (ǧunayh), of 100 piastres.
Most languages write the name with u and n, as Sudan, Sudán or Szudán. French, Breton and Cornish have Soudan, Dutch and Afrikaans Soedan, Estonian, Võro and Wolof Sudaan, Somali Suudaan, while Kinyarwanda and Kirundi drop the n in Suda. Irish gives it the article, An tSúdáin, and Latin Sudania.
Khartoum varies more. German lists Chartum and Khartum, Spanish Jartum, Turkish and Estonian Hartum, Serbian Картум (Kartum) and Hungarian Kartúm, and Esperanto Ĥartumo.
Khartoum (الخرطوم) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, Irish | eng / fra / gle | Khartoum | same as written |
| Asturian, Finnish, Italian | ast / fin / ita | Khartum | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Chartum, Khartum | same as written |
| Estonian, Tagalog, Turkish | est / tgl / tur | Hartum | same as written |
| Moldovan, Slovio, Turkmen | mol / slo / tuk | Hartum / Хартум | Hartum |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Chartúm | same as written |
| Hungarian, Icelandic | hun / isl | Kartúm | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Jartum | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Xartum / Хартум | Xartum |
| Bosnian | bos | Kartum / Картум / قارتۆم | Kartum |
| Esperanto | epo | Ĥartumo | same as written |
| Galician | glg | Khartún | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Kahartum, Khartum | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Xartûm | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Hartūma | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Chartumas | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Khartoum / خرطوم | Khartoum |
| Dutch | nld | Khartoem | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Chartum | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Cartum | same as written |
| Slovenian | slv | Kartum | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Chartums | same as written |
| Somali | som | Khartuun, Khartuum | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Jartum, Jartún | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Chartům | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Kartún | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Xartum / Хартум / خەرتۇم | Xartum |
| Vietnamese | vie | Khác Tum | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Xartum | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian | bul / mon / rus / ukr | Хартум | Ȟartum |
| Bashkir | bak | Хартум / Xartum | Xartum |
| Belarusian | bel | Хартум / Chartum | Chartum |
| Kazakh | kaz | Хартум / حارتۋم / Xartwm | Xartwm |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Хартум / حارتۇم / Hartum | Hartum |
| Serbian | srp | Картум / Kartum | Kartum |
| Tatar | tat | Хартум / Xartum / خارتۇم | Xartum |
| Tajik | tgk | Хартум / خرطوم / Xartum | Xartum |
| Arabic | ara | الخرطوم | al-Ḫarṭūm |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | خارطوم / Xartum | Xartum |
| Persian | fas | خرطوم / Xortum, خارطوم / Xârtum | Xortum, Xârtum |
| Western Punjabi, Pashto, Urdu | pnb / pus / urd | خرطوم | Ḫarṭūm |
| Uyghur | uig | خەرتۇم / Xertum / Хартум | Xertum |
| Syriac | syr | ܚܪܛܘܡ | Ḥarṭūm |
| Hebrew | heb | חרטום | Ḥarṭūm |
| Yiddish | yid | כאַרטום | Ḫartum |
| Amharic | amh | ካርቱም | Kartum |
| Tigrinya | tir | ኸርጡም | Ȟärṭum |
| Greek | ell | Χαρτούμ | Ȟartoým |
| Armenian | hye | Խարտում | Xartoum |
| Georgian | kat | ხართუმი | Ȟarṭumi |
| Hindi | hin | खार्तूम | Kʰārtūm |
| Nepali | nep | खारतुम | Kʰārtum |
| Bengali | ben | খার্তুম | Kʰārtum |
| Punjabi | pan | ਖਾਰਟੂਮ | Kʰārṭūm |
| Kannada | kan | ಖಾರ್ತೂಮ್ | Kʰārtūm |
| Malayalam | mal | ഖര്ത്തോം | Kʰarttōṃ |
| Tamil | tam | கார்த்தௌம் | Kārttaum |
| Telugu | tel | ఖార్తౌం | Kʰārtauṃ |
| Chinese | zho | 喀土穆 | Kātǔmù |
| Japanese | jpn | ハルトゥーム, ハルツーム | Harutūmu, Harutsūmu |
| Korean | kor | 하르툼 | Hareutum |
| Tibetan | bod | ཁར་ཏུམ། | Kʰar.tum |
| Thai | tha | คาร์ทูม | Kʰā[r]tʰūm |
| Khmer | khm | ខារទូម, ខាធូម | Kʰārtūm, Kʰātʰūm |
Spanish writes Jartum or Jartún, Esperanto Ĥartumo, and Persian has two forms, خرطوم and خارطوم.
The 18 states of Sudan (ولايات, wilāyāt) in Arabic
Sudan is divided into states, wilāyāt in Arabic. Each row gives the Arabic name with its romanisation, the English form and the state capital; ISO 3166-2 lists 18.
| ISO 3166-2 | Arabic | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| States ولايات wilāyāt18 | ||||
| SD-NB | ولاية النيل الأزرقWilāyâẗu n-Nīli l-Azraq | Blue Nile | الدمازينad-Damāzīn | |
| SD-DC | وسط دارفورWasaţ Dārfūr | Central Darfur | 2011 Added by ISO; name as in ISO 3166-2 | |
| SD-DE | شرق دارفورSharq Dārfūr | East Darfur | 2011 Added by ISO; name as in ISO 3166-2 | |
| SD-GD | ولاية القضارفWilāyâẗu l-Qaḍārif | Gedaref | القضارفal-Qaḍārif | |
| SD-GZ | ولاية الجزيرةWilāyâẗu l-Ǧazīrâ | Gezira | ود مدنيWad Madanī | |
| SD-KA | ولاية كسلاWilāyâẗu Kasalā | Kassala | كسلاKasalā | |
| SD-KH | ولاية الخرطومWilāyâẗu l-Ḫarṭūm | Khartoum | الخرطومal-Ḫarṭūm | |
| SD-DN | ولاية شمال دارفورWilāyâẗu Šimāli Dārfūr | North Darfur | الفاشرal-Fāšir | |
| SD-KN | ولاية شمال كردفانWilāyâẗu Šimāli Kurdufān | North Kordofan | الأبيضal-Ubayyiḍ | |
| SD-NO | الولاية الشماليةal-Wilāyâẗu š-Šimālīyâ | Northern | دنقلاDunqulā | |
| SD-RS | ولاية البحر الأحمرWilāyâẗu l-Baḥri l-Aḥmar | Red Sea | بور سودانBūr Sūdān | |
| SD-NR | ولاية نهر النيلWilāyâẗu Nahri n-Nīl | River Nile | الدامرad-Dāmir | |
| SD-SI | ولاية سنارWilāyâẗu Sinnār | Sennar | سنارSinnār | |
| SD-DS | ولاية جنوب دارفورWilāyâẗu Ǧanūbi Dārfūr | South Darfur | نيالاNiyālā | |
| SD-KS | ولاية جنوب كردفانWilāyâẗu Ǧanūbi Kurdufān | South Kordofan | كادقليKāduqlī | |
| SD-DW | ولاية غرب دارفورWilāyâẗu Ġarbi Dārfūr | West Darfur | الجنينةal-Ǧunaynâ | |
| SD-GK | غرب كردفانGharb Kurdufān | West Kordofan | 2015 Added by ISO; name as in ISO 3166-2 | |
| SD-NW | ولاية النيل الأبيضWilāyâẗu n-Nīli l-Abyaḍ | White Nile | ربكRabak | |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:SD, as tabulated in Wikipedia’s ISO 3166-2:SD, checked 28 October 2026. ISO deleted the ten southern states (SD-14 to SD-23) in Newsletter II-3 of 13 December 2011, when they formed South Sudan, added East and Central Darfur in the same newsletter and West Kordofan on 27 November 2015. Arabic names and capitals of the other 15 states: the 2017 edition of this list, which gives al-Fūlâ beside Kāduqlī for South Kordofan; the three newer states have no capital in it.
2011: South Sudan leaves, new states in Darfur and Kordofan
On 9 July 2011 South Sudan became independent, and Sudan lost the ten southern states. ISO 3166-2 deleted their codes, SD-14 to SD-23, and moved them to the new code SS. The numeric code of Sudan in ISO 3166-1 changed from 736 to 729 at the same time.
In the north the map has also changed. East Darfur (شرق دارفور) and Central Darfur (وسط دارفور) were added in 2011, and West Kordofan (غرب كردفان) received its own code, SD-GK, in 2015; the 2017 list still gives al-Fūlâ as a second seat of South Kordofan. ISO writes the Arabic state names without the word ولاية, state.
Questions about the names of Sudan
What is the official name of Sudan?
جمهورية السودان (Ǧumhūrīyâẗu s-Sūdān), the Republic of the Sudan.
When did South Sudan separate from Sudan?
On 9 July 2011. ISO removed the ten southern states from ISO 3166-2:SD and gave South Sudan the code SS.
How many states does Sudan have?
18 in ISO 3166-2:SD, since West Kordofan was added in 2015.