Mujlad

Also known as Al Mujlad

Mujlad () is a city in West Kordofan State in the west of Sudan. It is the center town of the Misseriya tribe, sometimes also transliterated as "Messeria" tribe.

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Place details

Locality: المجلد
Region: غرب كردفان West Kordofan
Country: السودان
Population: 40,418
Timezone: Africa/Khartoum

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Mujlad
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Muglad_in_front_of_ICRC_office_2011.jpg
Settlement.image_alt: Muglad in front of ICRC office 2011
Settlement.image_caption: Muglad in front of ICRC office 2011
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sudan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Sudan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sudan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: West Kurdufan
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Control
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Rapid Support Forces
Settlement.government_type: Federal government, tribal administration
Settlement.leader_title: commissioner, Alnadhir (tribe prince)
Settlement.leader_title1: Nadhir (tribe prince)
Settlement.leader_name1: Mukhtar Babo Nimir

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Elevation: 434

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Mujlad () is a city in West Kordofan State in the west of Sudan. It is the center town of the Misseriya tribe, sometimes also transliterated as "Messeria" tribe.

In the late seventies, early eighties, Muglad was used as a staging area for oilfield operations, mainly by California-based Chevron, due to its location within the Muglad Basin. At the Muglad airport, air operations were conducted in DC-3, Convair and also leased Hercules from Transamerica to link the PP West with the capital Khartoum, for personnel transportation and materials, goods, supplies and fuel. Twin-otter DHC-6s were used for single-pilot flights to the drilling-rig wellsites at jungle / desert sites, and the STOL characteristics were put the test at every mission. In these pre-GPS days, navigation was aided by the Omega-VLF system receivers mounted on the DHC-6.