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| Official
Name : | JAMHURAT
AS-SUDAN, AD-DIMUQRATIYAH (Democratic Republic of Sudan) |
| Land
Area: | 2,505,810
square kilometres / 967,243 square miles. |
| Population: | 40,187,000
(est 2005). Density, 16 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: | Arabic
(official), Darfurian, Dinka, Nver, Nubian, others. |
| Religions: |
Muslim 70%, Traditional 20% Christian 5%. |
| Capital: | Khartoum
(Al-Hartum). Population 980,000 |
| Currency: | Sudanese
pound, divided into 100 piasters. |
| Political: | In
Darfur, over a million poeple are exposed to torture and death at the hands of
marauding militia and a complicit Sudanese government. So far (May 04) no nation
has 'officially' acknowledged what is happening. In this void, the Sudanese government
continues to act with impunity. |
| Geography: | The
largest country on the African continent. The northern part of the country consists
of barren rocky Saharan desert plain, stretching westwards to an area of sand
dunes and rising further south at the Marra Mountains in the Dufur Massif. Other
highland areas include the Nuba Mountains, Red Sea coastal region and the Imatong
Mountains in the far south, bordering Kenya and Uganda. |
| National
Flag - Ratio 1:2 | Climate
in Khartoum - elev. 390m/1280ft | Position
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