Wust

Wust may refer to:

Blue Nile (state)

Blue Nile (Arabic: النيل الأزرق‎ an-Nīl al-ʾAzraq ), called Central (Arabic: الوسطى‎ al-Wustā ) from 1991 until 1994, is one of the eighteen states of the Republic of Sudan. It was established by presidential decree nº 3 in 1992 and is named after the Blue Nile River. It has an area of 45,844 km² and an estimated population of 1,193,293. The Central Bureau of Statistics quoted the population at 832,112 in the 2006 census. Ad-Damazin is the capital of the state. The state of Blue Nile is home to the Roseires Dam, the main source of hydroelectric power in Sudan until the completion of the Merowe Dam in 2010.

The region is host to around forty different ethnic groups. Its economic activity is based upon agriculture and livestock and increasing mineral exploitation.

In 2011, residents of Blue Nile were scheduled to hold ill-defined "popular consultations" to determine the constitutional future of the state, per the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Instead, a dispute over the rightful government of the state, and the determination of Omar al-Bashir to eradicate the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, have led to a renewed insurgency and a refugee crisis. It appears that the consultations have been postponed indefinitely.

Wust, Saxony-Anhalt

Wust is a village and a former municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Wust-Fischbeck.

Geography and History

The village is situated in the northern Saxony-Anhalt not far from the river Elbe, near the old town Tangermünde which was a favourite place of Kaiser Karl IV in the 14th century. Wust consists of Wust, Sydow, Wusterdamm, and Melkow. In the last centuries the squires of Wust were the noblemen von Katte, their most famous member was Hans Hermann von Katte( youth friend of the later king Frederick II of Prussia ) who spent his childhood in Wust. The family v. Katte was related to the squires of the near village Schönhausen, the v. Bismarcks.