Kabkabiya District Explained

Kabkabiya
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Sudan
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	North Darfur
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population Total:	191,414
Population As Of:	2008
Population Density Km2:	auto

Kabkabiya is a district of North Darfur state, Sudan.^{[1] [2]}

Kabkabiya is home to a military base and has been a main location with the Battle of Kabkabiya during the 2023 Sudan war.^[3] In May 2004, it held 45,000–95,000 internally displaced persons during the War in Darfur.^[4]

Its town of the same name was one of few prior to the Anglo-Egyptian invasion of Sudan and an important access point to the caravan trade west of Cobbé under the Sultanate of Darfur.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Districts of Sudan. 29 December 2018. statoids.
2. Web site: list of districts of Sudan . 29 December 2018 . Download Excel Files .
3. Web site: Mapping the heavy fighting in Sudan . 2023-04-18 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
4. International Crisis Group . International Crisis Group . May 2004 . SUDAN: NOW OR NEVER IN DARFUR . 15.
5. El-Bushra . El-Sayed . Towns in the Sudan in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries . Sudan Notes and Records . 1971 . 52 . 65, 67 . 42677876 . 0375-2984.