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in Kurmuk County particularly, the
Minister/Advisory of the Governor Major General Steven Amath Dicko convened with his Kurmukians in November 2008 in an attempt to tax citizens as means to generate revenues to bring primary schools and secondary educations to every district of the Kwanim Pa. To
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Kurmuk is the administrative center for most of Gindi
District, Kolnugura district, Borfa District, Jammus Omm District, Chali District, Penawayu District, Bee District, Balila District and
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The population of Kurmuk includes a number of Muslim and
Christian Communities. Many of the
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who find better medical services in Kurmuk. Lt. General and
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269:Köppen climate classification
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737:Categories
206:Malik Agar
156:Population
247:education
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185:near the
150:Blue Nile
688:Archived
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622:See also
540:Average
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18:Ethiopia
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259:Climate
227:History
216:state.
164:110,815
129:Country
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101:10°33′N
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286:Month
179:الكرمك
175:Arabic
171:Kurmuk
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44:الكرمك
38:Kurmuk
20:, see
634:Notes
325:Year
202:Yabus
183:Sudan
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