| Official
Name : |
JAMHURAT AS-SUDAN, AD-DIMUQRATIYAH (Democratic Republic of Sudan) |
| Total
Area: |
2,505,810 square kilometres |
| Population: |
45 million (2011 estimate). |
| Languages: |
Arabic and English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages
A program of "Arabisation" is in progress |
| Religions: |
Muslim 70%, Traditional 20% Christian 5%. |
| Capital: |
Khartoum (Al-Hartum). Population 980,000 (2009) |
| Currency: |
Sudanese pound, divided into 100 piasters |
| Independant: |
1st January 1956, from United Kingdom. |
| 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. |
| Flag: |
Sudan Flag ... Make all new, check. |
