Kordofan

Kordofan: see Kordufan, Sudan.

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Kordofan

 or Kurdufan

Region, central Sudan. Lying west of the White Nile River, it was originally inhabited by Nubian-speaking peoples. Controlled by the Christian Tungur dynasty (900–1200 AD), it was later taken by Arabs, and in the 17th century a sultanate was established. Egyptian rule began in the 1820s. The slave trade played an important part in the region's economy until its eradication in 1878 by Charles George Gordon. Egyptian rule was ended by a revolt in 1882 led by al-Mahdi. Kordofan became a province of The Sudan in 1899.

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Kordofan

a region of the central Sudan: consists of a plateau with rugged uplands (the Nuba Mountains). Area: 380 548 sq. km (146 930 sq. miles)

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Kordofan 

a plateau in the Sudan west of the White Nile. Average elevation, 500–1,000 m. Kordofan is a projection of the Precambrian crystalline foundation of the African platform, with isolated mountains composed of Nubian sandstones (Mount Temadinga, 1,460 m). Kordofan’s base plains are broken up by the valleys of temporary streams from the White Nile system. The climate is subequatorial with summer rains (300–500 mm per year); soils are reddish brown and red-brown. The plateau is covered with desert savanna in the north, with low acacias, and with moderately humid and herbaceous savanna in the south, including acacias, baobabs, and palms.