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  SUDAN: (In summary )

Location:

Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, next to Ethiopia, between Egypt and Uganda

Total Area:

589,745 sq. Km

Capital City:
Khartoum

Population:

7,997,432 (as of 2003 estimate)

Economic GDP Growth Rate:
6.5% (2008 est.)
10.2% (2007 est.)
11.3% (2006 est.)

Languages:

English, Arabic (Juba Arabic)
 


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SUDAN (In detail)
 
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, D,

TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL G
DVD-Region: 5
Geography
Bordering countries:

Central African Republic 1,165 kmChad 1,360 kmDemocratic Republic of the Congo 628 kmEgypt 1,273 kmEritrea 605 kmEthiopia 1,606 kmKenya 232 km Libya 383 kmUganda 435 km

Location:
Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea

Area:
total: 2,505,810 sq km
land: 2.376 million sq km
water: 129,810 sq km

Climate:

tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November)

Terrain:

generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in far south, northeast and west; desert dominates the north

Economy
GDP:

$87.27 billion (2008 est.)
$82.72 billion (2007)
$75.06 billion (2006)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP growth rate:
5.5% (2008 est.)
10.2% (2007 est.)

GDP per capital:
$2,200 (2008 est.)
$2,100 (2007 est.)
$1,900 (2006 est.)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

Inflation rate:

16.5% (2008 est.)

Currency:
Sudanese pounds (SDG)

Exchange rates:
Sudanese pounds (SDG) per US dollar - 2.1 (2008 est.), 2.06 (2007), 2.172 (2006), 2.4361 (2005), 2.5791 (2004)

note: in October 2007 Sudan redenominated its currency by transforming 100 units of Sudanese dinar into one unit of Sudanese pound

People
Population:

41,087,825 (July 2009 est.)

Growth rate:
2.143% (2009 est.)

Religions:

Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25%

Languages:
Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages

note: program of "Arabization" in process

Government
Capital:

name: Khartoum

Time difference:
UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Independence
:
1 January 1956 (from Egypt and the UK)

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