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Geneina

Geneina (sometimes Al-Junaynah) (Arabic: الجنينة, lit. the little garden) is a city in West Darfur, part of dar Masalit region, that joined British Sudan at the end of 1919 through the Gilani agreement signed between the Masalit Sultanate and the Kingdom of Britain, according to which it became a territory. It is now the capital of the Sudanese state of West Darfur. As of 2008, it had a population of 252,744.

Country/Region: Sudan

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