Kassala (Arabic: كسلا, called Ash Sharqiyah during 1991—1994) is one of the 15 wilayat (states) of Sudan. It has an area of 36,710 km² and an estimated population of approximately 1,400,000 (2000). Kassala is the capital of the state; other towns in Kassala include Aroma, Hamishkoreb, and Khor Telkok.
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States of Sudan
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States not covered by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
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- Central Darfur
- East Darfur
- Al Jazirah
- Kassala
- Khartoum
- North Darfur
- North Kurdufan
- Northern
- Al Qadarif
- Red Sea
- River Nile
- Sennar
- South Darfur
- West Darfur
- White Nile
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States to hold "popular consultations" (process suspended)
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Special administration area to hold referendum (postponed indefinitely)
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- Abyei (part of both South Kordofan and Warrap (South Sudan))
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