return {

  lang = "ar, en", -- administrative languages: ar

  "DC" = {name="Central Darfur",isonames={ar="Wasaţ Dārfūr",en="Central Darfur"}},

  "DE" = {name="East Darfur",isonames={ar="Sharq Dārfūr",en="East Darfur"}},

  "DN" = {name="North Darfur",isonames={ar="Shamāl Dārfūr",en="North Darfur"}},

  "DS" = {name="South Darfur",isonames={ar="Janūb Dārfūr",en="South Darfur"}},

  "DW" = {name="West Darfur",isonames={ar="Gharb Dārfūr",en="West Darfur"}},

  "GD" = {name="Al Qadarif",isonames={ar="Al Qaḑārif",en="Gedaref"},altnames={"Gadaref","Gadarif"}},

  "GK" = {name="West Kordofan",isonames={ar="Gharb Kurdufān",en="West Kordofan"}},

  "GZ" = {name="Gezira",isonames={ar="Al Jazīrah",en="Gezira"}},

  "KA" = {name="Kassala",isonames={ar="Kassalā",en="Kassala"}},

  "KH" = {name="Khartoum",isonames={ar="Al Kharţūm",en="Khartoum"},altnames={"Khartoum State"}},

  "KN" = {name="North Kordofan",isonames={ar="Shamāl Kurdufān",en="North Kordofan"}},

  "KS" = {name="South Kordofan",isonames={ar="Janūb Kurdufān",en="South Kordofan"}},

  "NB" = {name="Blue Nile",isonames={ar="An Nīl al Azraq",en="Blue Nile"}},

  "NO" = {name="Northern",isonames={ar="Ash Shamālīyah",en="Northern"}},

  "NR" = {name="River Nile",isonames={ar="Nahr an Nīl",en="River Nile"}},

  "NW" = {name="White Nile",isonames={ar="An Nīl al Abyaḑ",en="White Nile"}},

  "RS" = {name="Red Sea",isonames={ar="Al Baḩr al Aḩmar",en="Red Sea"}},

  "SI" = {name="Sennar",isonames={ar="Sinnār",en="Sennar"}}

}