Talodi is a small town in the

Nuba Mountains The Nuba Mountains ( ar, جبال النوبة), also referred to as the Nuba Hills, is an area located in South Kordofan, Sudan. The area is home to a group of indigenous ethnic groups known collectively as the Nuba peoples. In the Middle Ages, ...

, and a district of South Kordofan state, in southern

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. The town is nearly 650 km (406 miles) southwest of Khartoum. Its name is from the

Talodi people The Talodi are a sub-ethnic group of the Nuba peoples in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan. They likely number more than 1,000 people. The area's city and district, Talodi, are named for them. Language The Talodi peo ...

of the area who speak the

Talodi language Jomang (Ajomang, Gajomang), or Talodi, is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family of Kordofan, Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Ju ...

A British garrison was located in Talodi during the colonial period, and an independence outbreak occurred in 1906. The 2012 Sudan Antonov An-26 crash, which killed 32 people on 19 August 2012, took place near the town.

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Populated places in South Kordofan Districts of Sudan {{Sudan-geo-stub