Nuba Mountains
Nuba Mountains | |
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جبال النوبة Jabal an-Nūbā | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,325 m (4,347 ft) |
Coordinates | 12°1′N 31°6′E / 12.017°N 31.100°E |
Dimensions | |
Length | 145 km (90 mi) |
Width | 64 km (40 mi) |
Geography | |
Country | Sudan, South Sudan |
Region | South Kordofan |
The Nuba Mountains (
Geography
The mountains cover an area roughly 64km wide by 145km long (40 by 90 miles), and are 450 to 900 metres (1,500 to 3,000 ft) higher in elevation than the surrounding plain. The mountains stretch for some 48,000 square kilometers (19,000 square miles).
Geology
On a grand scale the rocks of the Nuba Mountains form part of the southwestern fringe of the Arabian-Nubian Shield.[5] The Nuba Mountains are made up chiefly of metamorphic rock of Precambrian age plus some scattered areas of igneous rock of Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic age.[4] Surrounding the area of the Nuba Mountains as a sea lies a vast area of Cenozoic-aged sedimentary rock known as the "Umm Rawaba sediments".[4] In the Nuba Mountains there are phosphate deposits hosting much uranium, vanadium and phosphorus which may be of economic interest.[6]
The largest mountains or hills are found in the central area of the Nuba Mountains, and these are inselbergs. These inselbergs are mostly made up of igneous rock, as metamorphic rock has been more heavily eroded and thus occupies lower ground.[4]
Political status
The region stayed under the control of the central government and the
As of June 2011, South Kordofan's governor
The war in Sudan began in 1983 until the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed on 9 January 2005 with independence vote set for 9 July 2011-the vote on 9 July 2011 succeeded the south into Africa's newest country, the
The international community, including a number of celebrities such as actor
The ongoing war continues as the international community continues to debate a resolution to the issue of the Nuba Mountains.[18]
See also
References
- ^ Spaulding 1998, p. 49.
- ^ "Nuba Mountains". Bradt Guides.
- ^ "BBC News - Will Sudan's Nuba Mountains be left high and dry?". bbc.co.uk.
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- S2CID 128495260.
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- ^ Will Sudan's Nuba Mountains be left high and dry? by Peter Martell, BBC News, 24 November 2009
- ^ SUDAN: The Nuba Mountains - straddling the north-south divide, IRIN, 12 November 2009
- ^ a b "Why are the Nuba of Sudan Protesting? by Suleiman Musa Rahhal, FIBMS". sudaneseonline.com.
- ^ Sudan's Southern Kordofan Problem: The Next Darfur?, International Crisis Group report, 21 October 2008
- ^ The Daily Telegraph: "New war in Sudan's Nuba mountains?" November 4, 2009.
- ^ BBC: "Sudan: Could Nuba mountains be next conflict?" May 10, 2011
- ^ "Is Sudan heading for an acrimonious divorce?". BBC News.
- ISBN 978-1412856713.
- ^ "George Clooney Puts 'Spotlight' on Bloodshed, Crisis in Sudan's Nuba Mountains". PBS NewsHour.
- ^ "Opinion | A Rain of Bombs in the Nuba Mountains (Published 2015)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-01-04.
- ^ "Sudan: Cluster Bombs Used in Nuba Mountains". Human Rights Watch.
- ^ Al Jazeera: "Eyes of Nuba - Armed with a camera, Ahmed Khatir sets out to tell the story of a war that hardly anyone has heard of" 27 January 2014
Literature
- Spaulding, Jay (1998). "Early Kordofan". In Endre Stiansen and Michael Kevane (ed.). Kordofan Invaded: Peripheral Incorporation in Islamic Africa. Brill. pp. 46–59. ISBN 9004110496.
Further reading
- Erwald, Janet J. (1990). Soldier, Traders, and Slaves: State Formation and Economic Transformation in the Greater Nile Valley, 1700-1885. University of Wisconsin. ISBN 0-299-12604-8.
- Spaulding, Jay (1987). "A Premise for Precolonial Nuba History". History in Africa. 14. Cambridge University: 369–374. S2CID 161907225.
External links
- Media related to Nuba Mountains at Wikimedia Commons
- The Nuba Mountains Homepage
- The Nuba Survival Association
- Varhola, Christopher H. - Cows, Korans, and Kalashnikovs: The Multiple Dimensions of Conflict in the Nuba Mountains of Central Sudan Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America, September 2002. (at the Wayback Machine)
- Nubawatch: "Nuba Mountains: The Beginning" January 9, 2011.
- Al Jazeera: "In Pictures: Sudan's mountain refuges" March 23, 2012
- Full documentary about Nuba sufferings in the Nuba Mountains
- New York Times: "The Worst Atrocity You’ve Never Heard Of" By Adam B. Ellick July 13, 2015