By: Alexander Goeke

Sudan’s capital is khartoum

Khartoums population is 2,207,794 people

It is the largest city in Sudan Khartoum doesn’t have many exotic

animals, but it does have many farm animals like goats and horses to pull farm equipment.

Location

Sudan’s relative location is it is surrounded by eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Chad, Libya, and Egypt.

It is located also on the northeast coast of Africa.

Sudan also bordering the Red Sea.

Main Geographic Features

The area of Sudan is 967,500 square miles.

Sudan is the largest country in Africa and almost the size of the continental U.S. east of the Mississippi river.

Sudan is mainly flat with some mountains in the east and west.

Climate

The climate of Sudan is mostly desert and savanna in the north and the central regions and tropical in the south.

Ethnic Groups

The people in the north are mostly Arab/Muslim and black African/Christian and Amist in the south.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS Sunni Muslim 70%; indigenous beliefs

25%; Christian 5%

Sudan’s flag

Population

The population of Sudan is 40,212,456 people.

Most Used Language

Arabic is the official language in Sudan.

Other Languages; Nubian, Tu Bedawin, other Sudanic languages, and English.

Health and Political Statistics

Unemployment rate: 18.7% (2002 est.) Infant mortality rate: 86.98 of 1000. Life expectancy: 50.28 years old Inflation rate: 16.5%

Government

There is not an official government because of prolonged civil wars. Provisional Government is the temporary government made by military coup in 1989 to present day

Economy

Main exports:crude oil and petroleum products, cotton,gold, sorghum peanuts, gumarabic, sugar, meat, hides, live animals, and sesame seeds.

Annual income per person: $2,200

More Economy

Gross domestic product: $97.5 billion GDP percent: 9.6%Land use:arable land: 6.78%;

permanent crops: 0.17%; others: 93.05%

Major Trading partners:China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and India.

Work Force: 7.5 million

Culture

Official name: Jamhuriyat as-SudanFlag description: three equal horizontal

bands of red, white and black with a green isosceles triangle on the hoist side.

National Holidays

Independence Day (january1), Eid al-Adha (date varies), Islamic New Year (date varies), Unity day (march 3), Uprising day (April 6), Prophet Muhammad’s birthday (date varies), May revolution anniversary (May 25), Revolution Day (June 30), Eid al-Fitr (date varies), Christmas (December 25).

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