Kurmuk
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Place details
- Locality
- الكرمك
- Region
- النيل الأزرق Blue Nile
- Country
- السودان
- Population
- 10,375
- Timezone
- Africa/Khartoum
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Kurmuk () is a town in south-eastern Sudan near the border with Ethiopia. Kurmuk is inhabited by the Uduk and Berta peoples.
Kurmuk is the administrative center for most of Gindi District, Kolnugura district, Borfa District, Jammus Omm District, Chali District, Penawayu District, Bee District, Balila District and Yabus who find better medical services in Kurmuk. Lt. General and Governor Malik Agar currently names Kurmuk the capital city of Southern Blue Nile. Malik Agar is the former SPLM commander who is currently the governor of Blue Nile state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kurmuk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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