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Info about Sudan
Sudan, in northeast Africa, is the largest country on the continent, measuring about one-fourth the size of the United States. Its neighbors are Chad and the Central African Republic on the west, Egypt and Libya on the north, Ethiopia and Eritrea on the east, and Kenya, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo on the south. The Red Sea washes about 500 mi of the eastern coast. It is traversed from north to south by the Nile, all of whose great tributaries are partly or entirely within its borders.
Capital
Khartoum
- 4 286 000 people
all city from Sudan
Country lead by
President: Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1989)
Population
41,236,378 (growth rate: 2.6%); birth rate: 34.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 61.0/1000; life expectancy: 58.9; density per sq mi: 45
Land Area
917,374 sq mi (2,376,001 sq km); total area: 967,499 sq mi (2,505,810 sq km)
Monetary unit
Dinar
Language
Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
Ethnicity
black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Religion
Islam (Sunni) 70% (in north), indigenous 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)
Transportation
Railways: total: 5,978 km (2002). Highways: total: 11,900 km; paved: 4,320 km; unpaved: 7,580 km (1999 est.). Waterways: 5,310 km navigable. Ports and harbors: Juba, Khartoum, Kusti, Malakal, Nimule, Port Sudan, Sawakin. Airports: 63 (2002).
Internet tld
.sd
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