Kafia Kingi

The Kafia Kingi (Arabic: كافيا كنجي) area is a mineral-rich region on the border between Sudan, South Sudan and the Central African Republic.

[1] It was not until 1960 that the Kafia Kingi area was transferred north of that line and added to Darfur.

[2] Almost all of Kafia Kingi (except a southern portion south of the Umblasha River) is within the borders of the Sudanese Radom National Park, a biosphere reserve, of which two-thirds are also within the borders of Kafia Kingi, while another one-third of the National Park is within the Sudanese region of South Darfur.

The Kafia Kingi region is a known haven for ivory smugglers.

Congolese ivory is frequently held in Kafia Kingi before being taken north into Darfur.

1951 Sudan Survey Dept. and US Army Map Service map showing in detail the north–south line's location until 1960 on the northwest border of Kafia Kingi
1951 Sudan Survey Dept. and US Army Map Service map showing in detail the north–south line's location until 1960 on the north and northeast border of Kafia Kingi