Sudan

Republic of the Sudan جمهورية السودان Jumhūriyyat al-Sūdān  (language?)
Motto:
Anthem:
Sudan in dark green, disputed regions in light green.
Capital and largest city	Khartoum 15°38′N 032°32′E
Official languages	Arabic English
Sudanese Arabic
Religion	Islam
Demonym(s)	Sudanese
Government	Dominant-party Unitary semi-presidential republic
• President	General Abdullah Fattah al-Burhan (interim)
• Prime Minister	Abdalla Hamdok
• First Vice President	Vacant
• Second Vice President	Vacant
Legislature	National Legislature
• Upper house	Council of States
• Lower house	National Assembly
Formation
• Nubian kingdoms	3500 BC
• Sennar dynasty	1504
• Unified with Egypt	1820
• Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	1899
• Independence (from the United Kingdom and Egypt)	1 January 1956
• Current constitution	9 January 2005
• Secession of South Sudan	9 July 2011
Area
• Total	1,886,068 km2 (728,215 sq mi) (15th)
Population
• 2016 estimate	39,578,828 (35th)
• 2008 census	30,894,000 (disputed)
• Density	21.3/km2 (55.2/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$186.715 billion
• Per capita	$4,578
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Total	$115.874 billion
• Per capita	$2,841
Gini (2009)	35.3 medium
HDI (2015)	0.490 low · 165th
Currency	Sudanese pound (SDG)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+249
ISO 3166 code	SD
Internet TLD	.sd, سودان.

A map of Sudan

Sudan is a country in Africa. The official name of Sudan is The Republic of the Sudan. Its capital and largest city is Khartoum.

Geography

Sudan borders by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest. Sudan has a sea to the northeast called the Red Sea.

Sudan used to have the largest area of all the countries in Africa. However, on July 9, 2011, the southern part of the country left and became a new country, South Sudan. Sudan now has an area of 1,861,484 square kilometres (718,723 square miles). It is the third largest country in Africa by area. The Nile flows through Sudan, providing water to crops. There are many different tribal and ethnic groups, though the country is mainly divided between the north, which has more Arabic people, and the south, which has more people of African descent.

Culture

People from Sudan are called Sudanese. About 45 million people live in Sudan. About 4 million of these live in Khartoum or in towns that are joined to it.

Arabic is the official language of Sudan, but people also speak Nubian, Nilotic and English. Many other languages are spoken in different parts of the country as well.

Most Sudanese people have Islam as their religion. A small number are Christian. Some people have other religions that are called tribal (local) beliefs.

The currency of Sudan is called the Sudanese Pound (Jinneh).

The current leader of Sudan is Acting President Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf.

War

For several years, the Darfur conflict has been going on in Sudan. Over 400,000 people have died in it.

Related pages

• List of rivers of Sudan
• Sudan at the Olympics
• Sudan national football team
• Muhammed Ahmed, the Mahdi

Other websites

Media related to Sudan at Wikimedia Commons